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CHIP-MAKING   |  Comment

Nanotech Storage Invention Squeezes 250 DVDs Onto A Quarter

Nanotechnology is all about the science and engineering of incredibly small devices, so breakthroughs in information storage density are to be expected. But a team from two U.S. universities has achieved a breakthrough in ...READ»

Miracle Microbes

Innovation: Synthetic malaria cure Available: 2009 In the labs of Amyris Biotechnologies, scientists are transferring genes from microbe to microbe. This molecular manipulation is the basis of synthetic biology, which ...READ»

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Past BrainTrust Topics

July 2001 Four Ways to Be a Better Teacher Haas School of Business professor Sara Beckman teaches the most popular MBA course at UC Berkeley. Here's her curriculum on the ABCs of teaching and learning through experience May 2001 Six ...READ»

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Thought-based Computing? No Problem for Your Monkey Brain

It's well known that your brain can automate certain tasks like walking or playing the guitar. But new research out of the University of California, Berkeley demonstrates that our brains might be just as apt at controlling PCs. That ...READ»

Keep Your Friends Close...

Microsoft and Google have never been this cozy. The two giants, along with Sun Microsystems, will support a $7.5 million Internet-research effort called the Reliable, Adaptive and Distributive Systems Lab (RAD Lab) at the University ...READ»

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How To Make Electric Cars Go Mainstream: Sell Batteries Separately

What's stopping electric cars from dominating vehicle sales? Price. More specifically, the high price of EV batteries, which jack up overall vehicle costs considerably. So it comes as no surprise to learn that UC Berkeley ...READ»

Cellscope Diagnoses Diseases from Your Cell Phone

The CellScope Disease-Diagnosing Microscope Gets a Color Upgrade

A few months ago, we took a look at the CellScope, a tool that turns camera-enabled cell phones and netbooks into handheld microscopes that can diagnose diseases like malaria and tuberculosis. When we originally reported the story, ...READ»

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The True Sustainability Potential of Cloud Computing: Smarter Design

To hear experts tell it, cloud computing is “the new dot-com,” the “biggest shift computing shift in two decades” or even technology era’s “Cambrian explosion.” But it's also a way to address the enormous need for energy ...READ»

Playing Rookie

Graduating college seniors across the nation share their criteria, ambitions, and priorities for a first job.READ»

Radicals for Responsibility

Social responsibility has captured the attention of a new generation of MBA students. At a time when trust and benevolence are scarce, these students aim higher. Here's how.READ»

Green Is Good

From its eco-designed Solar Living Center to its enviro-conscious products, Real Goods Trading Corp. demonstrates that living lightly is living well.READ»

Andrew Henderson

College: UC Berkeley Major: Economics Hometown: Sacramento, California Age: 23 First Job: Associate for Brown-Simpson Asset Management in Palo Alto, California. "It's a catch-all position. It's a small office, so I'm doing everything ...READ»

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Two Military Robots That Rival the Creepiest Sci-Fi Creatures

From Robocop to Terminator to Saturn 3, robots have had some bad press in sci-fi movies--particularly when given guns and assigned military roles. But that's all fiction. Here are two early prototypes of military bots that are ...READ»

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Class Acts

Each spring, corporate America's preeminent chieftains offer sage counsel to eager university graduates across the nation. Here's our Class of 2005.READ»

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In The Hot Seat

Who: Tom Campbell

Title: Dean, Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley

Where: Berkeley, California

Challenge: Bring his school into the top five.READ»

Ivan Glickman
CAREERS   |  Comment

Careers: Prospects Heating Up for Climate-Change Managers

Today, the money fueling climate-change management is found in scientific research and government sponsored grants. But corporations may consider hiring climate-change managers to help them anticipate and mitigate the business impact ...READ»

Ivan Glickman
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Learn More With Less: Low-cost Content

With less money available for corporate education efforts, how can organizations continue to support intentional learning in the enterprise? This is the second in a series of articles focused on learning as the money runs out.READ»

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Campuses Scramble to Go Green--Sustainability Report Cards Rate Them

College sustainability report cards are coming out faster than we can report on them, with rankings from the Princeton Review, the Sierra Club, and now Green Report Card. They all aim to guide future college students in their quests ...READ»

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Seats of Power

Two of the hottest chairs on the market suggest how ideas about work are moving.READ»

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J-Pal’s Most Provocative Inquiries

J-PAL members hope their findings will inspire smarter anti-poverty policy. Here, a look at some of their most provocative inquiries.READ»

The Road Not Taken

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Ivan Glickman
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2 Green Entrepreneurs Take on Coffee Waste

Nikhil Arora (pictured) and Alex Velez are two college seniors who aren't worried about finding a job after graduation; they're going to create jobs instead. Both are graduating from the Haas School of Business at the University of ...READ»

You Got Game Theory!

It was all such fun until we realized that no business really uses game theory.READ»

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Top Scalpel

Too many medical errors happen because of lousy communications. To help fix that, health care is looking to the skies.READ»