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William Conger Morgan was born in Albany, New York, June 21, 1874. After receiving the degree of A.B. from Yale University, he was awarded...Read more about William Conger Morgan

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Glenn Theodore Seaborg was born in Ishpeming, Michigan, on April 19, 1912. At the age of 10 he moved with his family to California, in...Read more about Glenn Theodore Seaborg

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Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer, former...Read more about Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer

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Melvin Calvin was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, April 8, 1911, of Russian...Read more about Melvin Calvin

UC Berkeley and UCSF Professor Kevan Shokat, along with members of his lab, have joined with other scientists around the world in a unique research project under the auspices of the Quantitative Biosciences Institute Coronavirus Research Group (QBI) spearheaded by UCSF Professor Nevan...Read more about International group of researchers race to find treatment for COVID-19

Fewer vehicles on the road and the slowing world economy has lead to blue skies over the world including the Bay Area, China, and Italy. Locally, every day since March 14, the EPA Air Quality Index has reported all nine Bay Area counties bathed in green on its color scale, for good...Read more about World air quality is improving as people stay home

Henry Frederick ‘Fritz’ Schaefer III was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on 8 June 1944, one of three children of Henry F. Schaefer, Jr and Janice Christine Trost. Fritz's parents were...Read more about Henry Frederick Schaefer, III