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UCI astronomer is appointed to chair users committee for James Webb Space Telescope

<p>Endangered African lions and other large mammals are losing critical habitat because of a sharp decline in the fires that have helped maintain healthy grasslands worldwide for millennia. Rapid expansion of industrial farming in Africa, Asia, Central America and South America has resulted in a nearly 25 percent decrease in fires. Public domain</p>

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UCI: Earth is losing its fire power

Industrial farming disrupts burn-regrowth cycle in grasslands, study finds

<p>Dark matter visualization. (Credit: Illustris Collaboration/Illustris Simulation)</p>

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Dark Matter Day Is Approaching … but Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark

A global hunt for the universe’s missing matter is underway, and this autumn everyone is invited to join in. On and around October 31, 2017, events around the world will celebrate the hunt for the universe’s unseen “dark matter.”

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Berkeley Lab Intern Finds Her Way in Particle Physics

A Berkeley Lab intern is pursuing her passion in particle physics. Katie Dunne is designing circuit boards for the Atlas experiment at CERN.

<p>Climate change is driving lightning-caused fires farther north, UCI and fellow scientists have found. Courtesy of the government of Alberta, Canada</p>

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Climate warming shifts lightning-caused forest fires farther north

Physical Science

Where beer and science meet

Brews and Brains group translates complex research for a mass audience

<p>Transient response of dynamic self-assembly. Top portion shows the position of the particles (blue) while they self-assemble in response to sound that is incident from the left (red arrow). Bottom portion shows the time response of the transmission spectrum of the system (blue), which is compared to theoretical spectrum (black). The red line denotes the wavelength of the monotone input sound. (Credit: Chad Ropp/Berkeley Lab)</p>

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Sound Waves Direct Particles to Self-Assemble, Self-Heal

Berkeley Lab scientists have demonstrated how floating particles will assemble and synchronize in response to acoustic waves. Their simple experiment provides a new framework for studying how seemingly lifelike behaviors emerge in response to external forces. The work could help address fundamental questions about energy dissipation and non-equilibrium thermodynamics.