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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
223
Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2019 – 2020
Research Funding Sponsors
Each year, the Berkeley campus receives well over one-half billion dollars in research support from external sources.
Latest Research News
October 20, 2020
Hot-button words trigger conservatives and liberals differently
How can the partisan divide be bridged when conservatives and liberals consume the same political content, yet interpret it through their own biased lens?
October 14, 2020
Is English the lingua franca of science? Not for everyone.
English has become the de facto language of science: International conferences are held in English, the world’s top scientific journals are in English and academics in non-English speaking countries get promoted based on their publications in English language journals. Even scientific jargon is in English — most non-English speakers use English terms and don’t bother inventing equivalent words in their native languages.
October 13, 2020
Berkeley researchers use 3D printer to make stronger, greener concrete
Researchers at UC Berkeley have developed a new way to reinforce concrete with a polymer lattice, an advance that could rival other polymer-based enhancements and improve concrete’s ductility while reducing the material’s carbon emissions.
In the Media
October 22, 2020
California is either about to right decades of inequality between rich and poor defendants by eliminating cash bail, or it's about to turn over its justice system to algorithms set by each of the state's 58 counties and judges. The question of…
October 22, 2020
Only a quarter of California adults say they would definitely get a vaccine against COVID-19 if one were available today, a new survey found, an early warning of what could be problems in stemming the pandemic that already has killed more than 17…
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October 22, 2020
In a normal year, the Work-Study program provides nearly $1.2 billion in help for more than 612,000 college students across the country. The federal government typically covers about 50% of the wages, and the institutions pay the rest. Many of…
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