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New research shows grasshoppers that overwinter as juveniles have a head start on those that emerge in the spring.
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UC Berkeley researchers devised a fast and precise way to teach robots tasks like assembling a motherboard or an IKEA drawer.
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Exercise is Medicine On Campus is a popular health, wellness and research initiative, providing students consultations with coaches and mentors each year.
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Assistant professor Niloufar Salehi, along with her team, has launched Across AI, a startup pioneering agentic AI for complex enterprise workflows.
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Trump’s announcement from withdrawing from the WHO was not a surprise, but it was jarring for the public health community.
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Bale has revolutionized our understanding of the energization of and heat transport in the solar wind.
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Berkeley current faculty and alums win the Prestigious Dupont-Columbia Award in journalism.
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Researchers at Berkeley identify defining traits of the type of politics leaders like Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni employ.
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The new ability to pinpoint sources of fast radio bursts places one recent burst in a surprising location.
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Berkeley research scientist talks about the aftermath and events leading up to the Tiktok ban.
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UC Berkeley professor Dylan Penningroth's book "Before the Movement" reveals the many ways Black Americans navigated the law by asserting their civil rights of property.
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The Hubble Space Telescope gives us a new, 2.5 billion pixel portrait of our galaxy's gorgeous neighbor.
Smoke emerges from forested hills. In the foreground, two fire trucks aim streams of water at a vulnerable home. Overhead, an aircraft releases a plume of red flame retardant chemicals.
A UC Berkeley-led team is using computer simulations to stress-test the region’s disaster preparedness and educate the public about wildfire safety.
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A new material has the potential to enhance technologies in a broad range of fields, including defense, energy and smart infrastructure.
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The former insurance commissioner of California explains the stakes of the current wildfire emergency and what might happen next.
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As a series of historic fires continue to burn in L.A., scholars offer insight into their causes and fallout.