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Africa’s AIDS Industry
Efforts to prevent the spread of AIDS in Africa tend to follow the same script, even though the methods are largely ineffective, according to a paper co-authored by a UC Berkeley sociologist.
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A New World of Mapping
UC Berkeley cartographer Darin Jensen is exploring novel ways to detail information about the world around us.
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From Oil to Soil
Research by UC Berkeley geographer Adam Romero exposes how the toxic byproducts of petroleum have transformed agricultural production in California and around the world.
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Solving the Mysteries of Brain Waves
In laboratories across the UC Berkeley campus, researchers are unlocking some of the mysteries surrounding "neural rhythms," the pulses, bursts, and waves of electricity that continually surge through our brains.
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Flying Forward
Investing in airports and other transportation infrastructure is a major driver of economic growth, according to new research by a UC Berkeley economics graduate student.
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Economic Impacts of Climate Change
Climate change threatens certain U.S. regions and populations more than others, according to recent study led by UC Berkeley economist and professor of public policy, Solomon Hsiang.
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Taming the Dust Devils
In an effort to control air pollution, the Chinese government is offering incentives to Mongolian pastoralists to shift their source of income, according to research by a UC Berkeley doctoral student.
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UC Berkeley Research Network Graph
Social Science Matrix is building an interactive data visualization tool to highlight collaborations among UC faculty and students.
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The Dragon of Debt
An oral history project about the national debt features interviews with top U.S. policy-makers from the past five decades.
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Behavior Measurement and Change
A Matrix seminar explored how mobile devices and other "sensors" are transforming how social scientists working in different disciplines can measure—and change—human behavior.
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Credit and Class
Economic classification tools such as credit scores directly contribute to stratification and class division, according to Berkeley sociologist Marion Fourcade.
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From Plantation to Corporation
A UC Berkeley historian explores how commonly used modern-day business practices evolved from methods used in the operation of brutal slave plantations.
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