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The eye-spotted octopus (Octopus bimaculoides) is characterized by two pairs of blue eye-like spots on each side of its head. It lives in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California and is also used as an ornamental animal for an aquarium. Photo by Roy Caldwell/UC Berkeley

The genome of a common octopus species, which allows them to have three almost completely independent hearts and minds in each arm, has been deciphered

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Photographing a chemical reaction. Image: University of California at Berkeley

For the first time, scientists were able to photograph a molecule before and after the chemical reaction

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Transgenic macrophages flock to the tumor tissue after chemotherapy treatment. Photo courtesy of the journal Cancer Research

Add a hit to the medicine

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The temperature of the continents in the last two centuries. The dark blue line depicts the results of the Berkeley project. The lines in yellow, gray and light blue are other groups. Figure: Berkeley Earth Project

And yet... the world is warming

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Para hydrogen and ortho hydrogen. Photo: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories

Nuclear magnetic resonance without a magnet?

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Diagram (left) and scanning electron microscope images of nanolasers grown directly on a silicon surface

Preparation of nanolasers attached to silicon

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Image a is an atomic force microscope (AFM) image of a polymer sheet whose dark spots are organic nanotubes. b is a transmission electron microscope (TEM) image of a sheet with sub-nanometer channels where the organic nanotubes are circled in red. On the right - magnification of a single nanotube. Photo: Ting Xu

Molecular polymer membranes

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Xiang-zhang. Photo credit Roy Kaltschmidt, Berkeley Lab Public Affairs

A strange twist in the plot - Mobius symmetry was found in supermaterials

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The six new isotopes on the periodic table. Image: University of Berkeley

Six new isotopes of superheavy elements have been discovered

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An organometallic molecule designed to capture carbon dioxide. Image: University of Berkeley

Porous material to remove carbon dioxide

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Innovative drug treatment may prevent the development of epilepsy after a brain injury

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