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UC Berkeley professor wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry for metal-organic frameworks
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Omar Yaghi shares the prize with Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University in Japan and Richard Robson of the University of Melbourne in Australia.featured
SFMTA finds new cameras cut speeding 72% at 15 sites, spurring changed driver behavior
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San Francisco’s new speed camera program is the first of its kind in California.health
Bay Area scientist Frederick Ramsdell earns Nobel Prize for immune system research
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Ramsdell won for his groundbreaking discoveries in how the body’s immune system avoids attacking its own healthy tissues.Bay Area
UC Berkeley taps Victoria Coleman to lead new Berkeley Space Center at NASA Ames
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Construction on the $2 billion, 36-acre Berkeley Space Center at Moffett Field in Silicon Valley is expected to start in 2026.Technology
California sues city over surveillance data, warns it can be shared with federal agencies
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The lawsuit comes at a moment of heightened concern for immigrants and women seeking reproductive care. Once data leaves California, it can be accessed by agencies in states with different policies regarding those populations.Technology
California issues historic fine over lawyer’s ChatGPT fabrications
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State authorities are scrambling to deal with widespread use of artificial intelligence as similar cases are on the rise.Technology
Permit puts Waymo in the driver’s seat to test three-phase autonomous service at SFO
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The first phase entails allowing the vehicles to self-drive on designated roads at the airport with a trained specialist behind the wheel.Bay Area
SF Bay Ferry gets federal grant to upgrade Oakland terminal amid electric fleet switch
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The new electric vessels are expected to enter into service as soon as 2027.Education
