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8/6/2019 Berkeley Science Review 20 - Contents
1/22 Berkeley Science Review Spring 2011
14 Reading between the genesCharting a course through the dark genomeby Azeen Ghorayshi
21 Baby labHow we learn to learnby Jacqueline Chretien
26 Drowning in mudScientists confront an ongoing eruptionby Keith Cheveralls
44 Murky watersScience, money, and the battle over atrazineby Sisi Chen and Mark DeWitt
53 Perchance to dreamUncovering the role of the unconscious mindby Naomi Ondrasek
60 Access grantedUnlocking the scientific literatureby Jacques Bothma
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2/2Spring 2011 3Berkeley Science Review
1 From the Editor
4 LabscopesTouchy feelyby Mohan Ganesh
The sight of sound
by Monica Smith
Wireless water
by Sharmistha Majumdar
Winey pests
by Molly Sharlach
66 Faculty profileMina Bissellby Adrienne Greene
68 Book reviewKids FirstProfessor David L. Kirp
by Joseph Williams
69 ToolboxInformation theoryby Robert Gibboni
Spring 2011 Issue 20
COVER: Histone proteins (yellow), the spools around which DNA (green) is wrapped, arecritical for turning genes on and off. The modENCODE project is generating genome-wide
maps of dynamic chemical marks (red) on the histones to uncover the rules that allow ananimal to develop from a single cell.
6 Sun stormsModeling solar phenomenaby Alireza Moharrer
8 Whats the antimatter?Probing the origins of theuniverse with antihydrogen
by Denia Djokic
9 Hormonal hassleHow stress can hurt your sex driveby Michael Cianfrocco
10 Its a bird... its aplane... its a robot!Machines that fly themselves
by Claudia Avalos
12Smart circuits
Making electronicsthat remember
by Chris Holdgraf
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