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Berkeley Research at a Glance
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Top U.S. University with highest number of highly ranked graduate programs
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Nobel Laureates
144
Members of the National Academy of Sciences
251
Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2021 – 2022
Research Funding
In 2021-2022, UC Berkeley campus received $871 million in research funding from external sources.
Latest Research News
January 24, 2023
Were galaxies much different in the early universe?
The Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array (HERA) team reports that it has doubled the sensitivity of the most sensitive radio telescope in the world.
January 23, 2023
A big step toward ‘green’ ammonia and a ‘greener’ fertilizer
University of California, Berkeley, chemists have taken a big step toward making ammonia production more environmentally friendly.
January 18, 2023
New ‘chain mail’ material of interlocking molecules is tough, flexible and easy to make
Chemists have created a new type of material from interlocking molecules that for the first time allows the synthesis of extensive 2D or 3D structures.
In the Media
Transfusing young mice with blood from older rodents quickly triggers ageing, suggesting that cellular ageing isn't just a case of wear and tear. There is a longstanding hypothesis that surgically connecting an old mouse with a young rodent causes a…
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have created a new COVID-19 therapeutic that could one day make treating SARS-CoV-2 infections as easy as using a nasal spray for allergies. Anders Näär, a professor of metabolic...
Differences in wealth and differences in income are the wrong ways to measure economic inequality, and going by either of them "dramatically overstates" the degree of inequality in the United States, a working paper argues. The right measure of…
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