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UC Berkeley scientists help complete the human genome project
After nearly 20 years, scientists at the Telomere-to-Telomere consortium, or T2T, assisted by UC Berkeley scientists, have completed the Human Genome Project. UC Berkeley postdoctoral fellow Nicolas Altemose, who co-authored four new papers about the completed genome, said the human genome is the complete set of genetic information inside each human cell, encoded in a …
Lack of Student Technology Fee impacts UC Berkeley
For Kenneth Lien, campus sophomore and executive director of Cal Hacks, the failed renewal of the Student Technology Fund, or STF, fee during the ASUC elections in April is a “loss of a safety net.” Without the STF fee — a campus-based student fee referendum that provided all UC Berkeley students with equitable access to …
Berkeley County clerk charged with breaking into storage units of former clerk
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Berkeley County Clerk Elaine Mauck faces felony charges after allegedly breaking into storage units owned by her predecessor. The 74-year-old was arraigned Monday in Berkeley County Magistrate Court on one felony charge of breaking and entering and one felony charge of petit larceny. Her bail was set at $7,500. Former Berkeley County …
Leading universities launch joint technology licensing program
USC has joined a coalition of leading research universities that aims to boost the transfer of researchers’ patented technologies and inventions to companies. All told, 15 universities are members of the limited liability corporation University Technology Licensing Program (UTLP): USC, Brown, Caltech, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Illinois, Michigan, Northwestern, Penn, Princeton, SUNY Binghamton, UC Berkeley, UCLA …
Berkeley Co. goes remote through winter break, announces adjustments to inclement weather plans | Journal-news
MARTINSBURG — Having faced remote learning for the majority of the school year based on the the West Virginia Department of Education COVID-19 map, including a multi-week stint in red recently, Berkeley County has opted to remain remote through winter break. Berkeley County also announced recently when inclement weather arises during periods when the district …
Berkeley, Jefferson to learn remotely ahead of holiday break | Journal-news
Berkeley County moved to red for the first time this school year on the West Virginia Department of Education’s weekly COVID-19 education map on Saturday, as both it and Jefferson County will learn remotely for the final few days before Thanksgiving break. Berkeley is one of six red counties throughout the state, and another six …
PNNL Technologies Garner Six R&D 100 Honors
RICHLAND, Wash. – A shoe scanner that would allow people to keep on their footwear as they pass through airport security and a cement that repairs itself are R&D 100 Award recipients. The scanner and self-healing cement are among five innovations developed at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) that were …
Berkeley County students will have technology in time for new school year | West Virginia
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — There’s good news for Berkeley County students because technology — devices as well as hundreds of Wi-Fi hotspots and other internet connectivity options — will be available to them when the new school year begins Sept. 8. Superintendent of Schools Patrick K. Murphy credited the district’s technology department for having worked since …
New breakthrough in ‘spintronics’ could boost high speed data technology
Scientists have made a pivotal breakthrough in the important, emerging field of spintronics – which could lead to a new high speed energy efficient data technology. An international team of researchers, including the University of Exeter, has made a revolutionary discovery that has the potential to provide high speed, low power-usage for some of the …