Spring 2015

Features

Researchers and urban farmers mix on the post-Occupy Gill Tract

Cross Pollination

Researchers and urban farmers mix on the post-Occupy Gill Tract

How adaptive optics is changing the way we see the universe (and ourselves)

Into Focus

How adaptive optics is changing the way we see the universe (and ourselves)

How chemistry and biology are shaping fragrance production

From Petri Dish to Perfume

How chemistry and biology are shaping fragrance production

Berkeley start-up hopes to extinguish the danger in lithium-ion batteries

Fire Your Batteries (Before They Fire You)

Berkeley start-up hopes to extinguish the danger in lithium-ion batteries

How to sustain life on the final frontier

To the Stars and Back Again

How to sustain life on the final frontier

Briefs

Dividing Lines

How income inequality affects health outcomes by race

By Sisi Chen

Strangers in Paradise

The evolution of diversity in Hawaii’s natural laboratory

By Michael Peterson

Exploring Flatland

Materials in 2D

By Alexandra Courtis

Lithium-Ion Batteries and Beyond

Battery research, past and present

By Kevin Doxzen

Staying Sharp

The secrets of agile aging brains

By Sarah Hillenbrand

Labscopes

A New Age of Cancer Therapy

By Matt Rubashkin

Taking Our (Bacterial) Cultures Into Space

By Rachel Hood

For Pupfish, Devil’s Hole Is in the Details

By Anna Lieb

Radioactivity on Ice

By Levi Gadye

Other

Toolbox – Fruity, Funky, Foul

The chemistry behind common fragrances

By Helene Moorman

From the Field – Cooking the Data

What dirty dishes can teach us about ancient cuisine

By Jillian Swift, Melanie Miller, Alexandra McCleary, and Kirsten Vacca

Faculty Profile

Alexandre Chorin

Computational mathematician

By Anna Lieb

Book Review

The West Without Water + Saltscapes

By Alexis Shusterman

Staff Listing, Spring 2015

By THE BERKELEY SCIENCE REVIEW