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COVID-19 Related Guidance for UC Berkeley Researchers
Berkeley Research at a Glance
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Members of the National Academy of Sciences
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Latest Research News
May 26, 2020
Long hospital stays, high rates of ICU admission for U.S. COVID-19 patients
Hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the U.S. are enduring longer hospital stays and facing higher rates of intensive care unit (ICU) admission than patients in China, finds a new study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and Kaiser Permanente.
May 22, 2020
Berkeley Talks: The global politics of waste
“All waste is global,” said Kate O’Neill, a professor in the the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at UC Berkeley, at a campus event in February.
May 21, 2020
Google search data reveal Americans’ concerns about abortion
Residents of states with limited access to contraceptives and high rates of unplanned pregnancies are more likely to turn to the internet for information about abortion. These are the findings of a new study of Google search data across all 50 states by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.
In the Media
May 26, 2020
Because tropical forests absorb so much carbon dioxide, they're one of the best antidotes to climate change, but there's a catch. Heat stress and drought kill trees, releasing their stored carbon back into the atmosphere. A new study suggests…
May 22, 2020
Recommending further federal action to bolster the economy, economics professor Maurice Obstfeld and business professor Laura Tyson, both members of the Governor's Council of Economic Advisers, write: "Under current conditions, the…
May 21, 2020
Normally, Berkeley's Innovative Genomics Institute, co-founded by molecular and cell biology professor Jennifer Doudna, works on research related to the CRISPR gene-editing technology she co-invented. But when the COVID-19 pandemic…
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