Preschoolers can outperform college students in certain learning tasks because they are more flexible and less biased in their ideas about cause and effect. UC Berkeley psychologists show this in a game they call "Blickets."
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In emergencies ranging from hurricanes to blizzards to an H1N1 flu outbreak, public-health specialist Amina Assefa has flexed her professional muscles. Now head of UC Berkeley's Office of Emergency Management, Assefa spends her days planning for events she hopes will never happen.
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UC Berkeley engineers have successfully used an electrical current to orchestrate the flow of a group of cells, making them flow left, right and even into the shape of the Cal bear. This sets the stage for more controlled forms of tissue engineering and for potential applications such as "smart bandages" that use electrical stimulation to help heal wounds.
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