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Study IDs key birds that host Lyme disease bacteria in California
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- Written by Sarah Yang
Berkeley, California - Birds are more important than previously recognized as hosts for Lyme disease-causing bacteria in California, according to a new study led by UC Berkeley researchers.
Why do geysers erupt? Loops in their plumbing
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- Written by Robert Sanders
Berkeley, California - Geysers like Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park erupt periodically because of loops or side-chambers in their underground plumbing, according to recent studies by volcanologists at the University of California, Berkeley.
U.S.-Cuba relations: A historic change, but pitfalls ahead
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- Written by UC Berkeley
Berkeley, California - Near-simultaneous announcements by U.S. President Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro in December opening the path to re-establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries were historic, writes Harley Shaiken in his introduction to the new edition of the Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies.
Fighting inefficiencies
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- Written by Julia Sklar
Cambridge, Massachusetts - When MIT senior Sheldon Trotman walks into any room, he almost instinctively looks for inefficiencies. The electrical engineering and computer science major is bent on streamlining our world, and has already founded several small companies that aim to do so.
Social circles
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- Written by Peter Dizikes
Cambridge, Massachusetts - If you live in a city, you know that a fair amount of your movement around town is social in nature. But how much, exactly? A new study co-authored by MIT researchers uses a novel method to infer that around one-fifth of urban movement is strictly social, a finding that holds up consistently in multiple cities.
Inventing “civilization 2.0”
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- Written by Rob Matheson
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Today’s most innovative technologies and tech-driven ideas - such as wearable electronics, the “Internet of things,” big data, and crowdsourcing - are forever changing the way we connect to one another and conduct business.
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