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Each year, the Berkeley campus receives well over one-half billion dollars in research support from external sources. About Berkeley's Funding English has become the de facto language of science: International conferences are held in English, the world’s top scientific journals are in English and academics in non-English speaking countries get promoted based on their publications in English language journals. Even scientific jargon is in English — most non-English speakers use English terms and don’t bother inventing equivalent words in their native languages. Researchers at UC Berkeley have developed a new way to reinforce concrete with a polymer lattice, an advance that could rival other polymer-based enhancements and improve concrete’s ductility while reducing the material’s carbon emissions. Generations of racism shaped the structures of the United States, working into the very DNA of our institutions and culture. Simply reforming the structures won’t do, a panel of experts said Friday, Oct. 9 at a UC Berkeley event. Instead, the experts urged, we must work to build a more just world.  October 8, 2020Uber, Lyft Push Prop. 22 Message Where You Can t Escape It: Your PhoneLos Angeles TimesLast week the ride-hailing app Uber served users with a pop-up threatening that if voters failed to pass Proposition 22 on the Nov. 3 ballot, wait times and prices would ratchet up, and drivers would lose their livelihoods. To move forward with…FullStory (*requires registration) October 8, 2020Jennifer Doudna of Cal Becomes the Fifth Woman to Win Nobel for ChemistrySan Francisco ChronicleUC Berkeley biochemist Jennifer Doudna won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for her work helping to develop a genome-editing tool, a breakthrough in biomedicine. Working with colleague Emmanuelle Charpentier, of the Max Planck Institute…FullStory (*requires registration) October 7, 2020What Earth Owes to Black HolesThe AtlanticNot so long ago, scientists couldn't say with much confidence that black holes existed, nor did they know that a giant one sits at the center of our own galaxy. Yesterday, the Nobel Committee recognized decades of black-hole research by awarding its…FullStory Please note: The views and opinions expressed in these articles do not necessarily reflect the official policies or positions of the campus.

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