Research Discovery Humans’ built-in GPS is our 3-D sense of smell Like homing pigeons, humans have a nose for navigation because our brains are wired to…georgeannJune 17, 2015
News Neuroscience Inspires Cartoon Action in Pixar’s “Inside Out” Drawing on real neuroscience and the latest psychological research, "Inside Out" goes where no animated…georgeannJune 15, 2015
Profile Decisions in the brain By Chris Holdgraf Every second, billions of people across the world make a decision. How…georgeannJune 15, 2015
News Scientists Investigate What Makes Us Itch Scientists found a molecule crucial to perceiving the sensation of itching. It affects how the…georgeannJune 12, 2015
Announcement Introducing the ZEISS Berkeley Brain Microscopy Innovation Center BrainMIC Speakers (left to right): James Sharp, Steven Martin, Ehud Isacoff, Holly Aaron, and Sharif…georgeannJune 11, 2015
Announcement Three campus researchers named 2015 Pew scholars Three early-career researchers at UC Berkeley have been selected as this year’s Pew scholars, a program…georgeannJune 11, 2015
Research Discovery Poor sleep linked to toxic buildup of Alzheimer’s protein, memory loss Sleep may be a missing piece in the Alzheimer’s disease puzzle. UC Berkeley scientists have…georgeannJune 1, 2015
News Go to Sleep: It May Be the Best Way to Avoid Getting Alzheimer’s Doctors studying Alzheimer’s disease have known for a while now that their patients are poor…georgeannJune 1, 2015
Research Discovery Drug perks up old muscles and aging brains Whether you’re brainy, brawny or both, you may someday benefit from a drug found to…georgeannMay 13, 2015
Profile Cracking the neural code: how single neurons and complex networks process perceptions By Kevin Doxzen Perception is how we connect with the world around us: from grasping the…georgeannApril 29, 2015
Profile Seeing Through Alzheimer’s Disease A jury would have to acquit. Two tough guys are caught at the scene of…georgeannApril 29, 2015
News Staying Sharp Memory loss, the most distinctive symptom of Alzheimer’s disease, breaks hearts and destroys identities. Jeremy…georgeannApril 29, 2015
News Brain Decoding: modern day cartographers aim to map the human brain By Tanya Dimitrova Neuroscientist Christian Mikutta sits at the bedside of an epileptic patient in…georgeannApril 27, 2015
Profile “Intelligent Design” Can It Deliver? What do Washington lobbyists and gene therapy have in common? Success for both depends on…georgeannApril 24, 2015
Research Discovery Artificial Photosynthesis Advance Hailed As Major Breakthrough In what’s being called a win-win for the environment and the production of renewable energy,…georgeannApril 20, 2015