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High-power laser pulses focused to small spots to reach incredible intensities enable a variety of applications, ranging from scientific research to industry and medicine. At the Berkeley Lab Laser...
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Think working in an environmentally green building leads to greater satisfaction in the workplace? Think again. People working in buildings certified under LEED’s green building standard appear no...
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Ben Recht is looking for problems. He develops mathematical strategies to help researchers, from urban planners to online retailers, cut through blizzards of data to find what they're after. He...
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Why should anyone thank you for just doing your job? And why should you ever thank your co-workers for doing what they’re paid to do? These are common questions in American workplaces, often posed...
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Overworked and stressed out? Look on the bright side. Some stress is good for you. “You always think about stress as a really bad thing, but it’s not,” says Daniela Kaufer, associate professor of...
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A nurse refuses to help an ailing alcoholic who is upset to find a hospital detox unit closed. A hospital clerk brushes off a deceased woman’s grieving family as they try to pay her bills and claim...
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(UC Berkeley: Berkeley, CA) -- On Sunday, July 17, the moon acquired two new companions in less than a month. That’s when the second and third of two probes built by the University of California,...