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UC Berkeley study finds algae parasitized coral cells to build reefs

Coral reefs may owe their existence not to a cooperative merger between algae and coral, but to a cellular heist. A research team at UC Berkeley has published findings in the journal Cell showing that algae colonized coral by parasitizing…

‘Botanical Pompeii’ rewrites origin of flowering plants

A trove of fossilized fruits and seeds buried under volcanic ash nearly 75 million years ago has upended a long-held assumption in paleobotany: that flowering plants rose to dominance only after the asteroid strike that killed the dinosaurs.

AI finds hidden signal in heart scans tied to sudden cardiac death

Researchers at UC Berkeley have used artificial intelligence to discover a previously unrecognized signal in routine electrocardiograms that can identify patients at risk of sudden cardiac death, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature.