Grand jury system flawed in Ferguson case but still valuable for investigations
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- Written by Clifton B. Parker
- Category: California News
Stanford, California - A special prosecutor leading the grand jury may have been a better approach in the Ferguson police-civilian death case, a Stanford law professor says.
Cultural history of four-hand piano playing
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- Written by Nate Sloan
- Category: California News
Stanford, California - In 19th-century Europe - long before LPs, CDs or mp3s - there were only two ways to listen to, say, the latest Beethoven symphony: either you were lucky enough to hear it performed at the local concert hall, or you played it at home yourself.
Scientists measure speedy electrons in silicon
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- Written by Robert Sanders
- Category: California News
Berkeley, California - The entire semiconductor industry, not to mention Silicon Valley, is built on the propensity of electrons in silicon to get kicked out of their atomic shells and become free. These mobile electrons are routed and switched though transistors, carrying the digital information that characterizes our age.
Lick Observatory plans major upgrade for Shane Telescope
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- Written by Hilary Lebow
- Category: California News
Santa Cruz, California - UC Santa Cruz has been awarded $350,000 in combined grant and donor funds for a major upgrade to the Kast Spectrograph at Lick Observatory.
Can organic crops compete with industrial agriculture?
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- Written by Sarah Yang
- Category: California News
Berkeley, California - A systematic overview of more than 100 studies comparing organic and conventional farming finds that the crop yields of organic agriculture are higher than previously thought. The study, conducted by UC Berkeley researchers, also found that certain practices could further shrink the productivity gap between organic crops and conventional farming.
Certified Statewide Results Show Record Low Turnout for Regular General Elections in California
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- Written by IVN
- Category: California News
Sacramento, California - Final statewide results certified by California Secretary of State Debra Bowen show the November 4, 2014, General Election brought a record low turnout for a regularly scheduled general election: 42.2 percent of registered voters. By contrast, the last gubernatorial general election in November 2010 drew nearly 60 percent of registered voters.
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