By: Don, Curlee, Visalia Times-Delta
It looks like genetic technology will be responsible for the next big increase in food production, just in time to meet the world's exploding populations.
Genetic technology boosts food production
A Vision for a Healthy and Fit Nation
The College of Natural Resources and the School of Public Health cordially invite you to attend a lecture by Vice Admiral Regina M. Benjamin Surgeon General of the United States
Homoplasy is A good thread to pull to understand the evolutionary ball of yarn.
Similarity can arise in two species for a number of reasons; studying these can lead to a fuller and more profound understanding of the processes underlying genetic, developmental and evolutionary interrelatedness.
Tick population plummets in absence of lizard hosts
A new study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, found that areas where the lizard had been removed saw a subsequent drop in the population of the ticks that transmit Lyme disease.
Green Lit at SF Green Film Festival
Lauren Selman ensures eco-friendly production practices for film, tv, radio, and theater around the world.
Berkeley Green Chemistry Conference
Green Chemistry: Collaborative Approaches and New Solutions is the Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry’s first national conference.
China Confronts Looming Water Shortages
The Chinese government plans to spend a whopping $600 billion (4 trillion renminbi) over the next 10 years on measures to ensure adequate water supplies for the country. But scientists who have glimpsed the details of the grand effort worry that it may end up harming wetlands and may be ineffective, as several ministries that handle water issues work poorly together.
Globe-trotting researchers find natural enemies of the olive fruit fly
UC scientists and cooperators traveled the world looking for natural enemies of the olive fruit fly – the most important pest of olive trees – and found several parasites of the fruit fly that may help control efforts.
Frances Moore Lappé
Join us at this special event to hear Lappé, author, speak about her quest for Living Democracy — a culture in which inclusion, fairness and mutual accountability are valued
Scientists Warn Against Stifling Effect of Widespread Patenting in Stem Cell Field
“The lack of transparency about who owns what intellectual property rights can hamper stem cell research and development,” Graff says, “and so can the resulting ambiguity of the distinction between what is private property and what is in the public domain.”
Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a land ethic for our time
See the first full-length, high-definition documentary film ever made about legendary conservationist Aldo Leopold and his environmental legacy! Today, Leopold’s ethic inspires projects nationwide that connect people and land.
Forestry Genetics Giant Bruce Zobel Dies
He was E.F. Conger Distinguished Professor of Forestry at North Carolina State University and a pioneer in the field of forest genetics.
Fire Management is Key to Preserving China's Changing Landscapes
Under one climate-change scenario, 27 of the 32 areas showed that they were vulnerable to changes in fire due to a global warming.
Berkeley professor hails agroecology success for Chile apple project
Not just a buzzword synonym for organic farming, ‘agroecology’ aims to mimic the self-sustaining productivity of natural ecosystems in a man-made setting. University of California, Berkeley, professor and Chilean national Miguel Altieri says an apple project in his country’s Casablanca region proves agroecology not only helps the environment, but cuts production costs too.
Ants' genome project might unlock mysteries
David Perlman, Chronicle Science Editor, San Francisco Chronicle
Photo Credit: Alex Wild
Photo Credit: Alex Wild
Wildfire Expert Speaks: Discusses the Behavior of Landscape Fires
By: Kiran Aulakh, The Santa Barbara Independent
U.C. Berkeley renews Peace Corps push on 50th birthday
Steven E.F. Brown, San Francisco Business Times
The University of California, Berkeley, is urging its graduates to join the Peace Corps as that organization celebrates its 50th anniversary.
Argentine ant genome: Revealing peek at a pervasive pest
The genome of the highly invasive Argentine ant, well on its way to wiping out many native ant species in California, has been sequenced. The effort is part of a consortium of researchers who sequenced the genomes of a total of four ant species.
Professor Wins Miller Award
Professor Glass at UC Berkeley has been awarded a prestigious Miller Fellowship to further her research in the cost-effective production of biofuels.
Many climate models lack the resolution to see the full range of impacts from a warmer world.
University of California, Berkeley, economist Michael Hanemann has attempted to refine the resolution to examine the economic impacts of climate change in far smaller chunks of property