Spring 2018

From the Editor

By Dat Mai

Features

Behind the scenes at the botanical garden

Plant protectors

Behind the scenes at the botanical garden

Biologically produced power in hard-to-reach places

Powered by life

Biologically produced power in hard-to-reach places

Lessons from cryptocurrency transform digital transactions

A decentralized future

Lessons from cryptocurrency transform digital transactions

How and why we age

Road to longevity

How and why we age

Sustainable 3D printing using recycled materials

3D printing the future

Sustainable 3D printing using recycled materials

Briefs

Sizing up awe

How culture shapes our experience of awe

By Kellie Ottoboni

Guardians of the brain galaxy

The many roles of microglia

By Katie Deets

Pushing the envelope

The science behind hummingbird flight

By Eric D. Lee

Biofabrication

Making materials from microbial engineering

By Julia Borden

Election quality control

How statistics can make our elections more secure

By Vetri Velan

Labscopes

Whatever floats your stone

By Diyala Shihadih

Ant speak

By Nina Pak

Pumping iron: ferrosomes

By Hayley McCausland

Plantation peril

By Emily Hartman

Other

From the Field

By Miguel Zumalacarregui

Toolbox—Perovskites

By Chung-Kuan (Andy) Lin

Faculty Profile

Jose M. Carmena

Probing the ultimate frontier

By Priya Vijayakumar

Book Review

Book review—Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

By Emily Hartman

Staff Listing, Spring 2018

By THE BERKELEY SCIENCE REVIEW