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Robert Sanders

@bobthesciguy

UC Berkeley science writer and fan of all things science, from particle physics and nano to bugs and the science of cooking.

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Getting scooped in science is not so bad for the runner-up, but fear of being scooped can lead to inferior science, new UC Berkeley Kellogg School study shows newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/research/how-t…

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I had the pleasure of interviewing this amazing woman 10 years ago. Sadly, Mary Gaillard, who predicted the mass of the charmed quark, passed away this weekend at 86 news.berkeley.edu/2015/08/17/pur… UC Berkeley Berkeley Physics

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Researchers demonstrated how their new imaging method, Displacement Spectrum MRI, maps blood flows “in reverse” to reveal the source of blood in the brain’s veins. This approach could answer long-standing questions about brain physiology. bit.ly/4kJIZag

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Book Review: In “More Everything Forever,” Adam Becker unpacks the flaws in the dreams of tech pioneers to reshape the world to come. undark.org/2025/05/16/boo…

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Well-known artist Chiura Obata urged turning to "Great Nature" to transcend differences and difficulty. Today, his legacy is shared in local classrooms and at historical societies, libraries, museums and at UC Berkeley, where Obata taught for 20 years. news.berkeley.edu/2025/06/11/leg…

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Miller Professors David Eisenbud and Robert Dudley took flight on campus after Miller lunch on Tuesday! They tested a new flapping drone inspired by the winged creatures Robert studies in his Animal Flight Lab. #drone #study #flying #millerfellow

Miller Professors David Eisenbud and Robert Dudley took flight on campus after Miller lunch on Tuesday! They tested a new flapping drone inspired by the winged creatures Robert studies in his Animal Flight Lab.
#drone #study #flying #millerfellow
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“I’m really surprised and honored to receive this award. It is really a tribute to all of the people in my laboratory who have been so entrepreneurial. It's so great being recognized for something you love doing." – Jay Keasling, Berkeley Lab senior faculty scientist

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Scientists UC Berkeley unravel the complex genetic diversity in India, one of the most culturally and genetically diverse nations in the world news.berkeley.edu/2025/06/26/sci…

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At a time when anxiety and threats feel omnipresent, our instinct to react quickly to danger can become unreliable. Political scientist Marika Landau-Wells says there are ways to help us avoid overreacting to false alarms without missing real threats. news.berkeley.edu/2025/07/02/whe…

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First woman physics professor UC Berkeley Mary K. Gaillard, a key player in validating the Standard Model of particle physics, dies at 86 news.berkeley.edu/2025/07/08/pio…

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Scientists discover gene circuit that allows zebrafish to regenerate their hearts after injury. Since humans have the same but dormant circuit, it should be possible to reactivate heart repair in humans. UC Berkeley Caltech news.berkeley.edu/2025/07/09/rep…

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AI can now reason more deeply about sentence structure in a way that resembles metalinguistic analysis, an ability unique to humans, UC Berkeley scholar says news.berkeley.edu/2025/07/14/as-…

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Instruments from UC Berkeley and UCLA are on board satellites launching from California to help scientists understand disruptive space weather sfchronicle.com/science/articl… via San Francisco Chronicle

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Here's a lovely memorial to a ground-breaking physicist, Mary K. Gaillard of UC Berkeley (You can read it for free without a subscription) nytimes.com/2025/07/31/sci…