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Three women sit before a laptop computer
Sudanese refugees are using open-source tools to document abuses at home.
A woman in a blue lab coat and googles stands behind a lab bench filled with beakers and other experimental equipment.
Berkeley researcher investigates how protein-based spider silk creates new fiber materials.
A security guard, seen from behind in silhoutte, with the word
A new study found that nearly half of security guards statewide are low-wage workers.
A portrait of David J.X. Gonzalez
Berkeley public health professor works to protect communities from environmental harms.
Flat, white and gold devices with marker scrawls
UC Berkeley and City of Hope scientists discover that a cell's mechanical age can effectively signal cancer risk.
UC Berkeley PhD candidate Emma Lasky discusses climate change groundwater rise
how climate change-induced groundwater rise presents urgent challenges for public health and environmental policy.
Mathematician Yunqing Tang and physicist Benjamin Safdi were honored with 2026 Breakthrough New Horizons Prizes, given this year to 15 early career scientists.
Two Berkeley professors were honored for their early career contributions.
Dancers in flower crowns and muted tones leap across a stage holding wine glasses, performing before a tall, hay-covered Maypole in the Joffrey Ballet’s production of Alexander Ekman’s Swedish solstice celebration.
UC Berkeley scholar Linda Rugg unpacks the surreal Scandinavian rituals and rural history featured in the production.
Actors Jessie Buckley portraying Agnes Hathaway and William Shakespeare in the film
Berkeley professor examines the way ‘Hamnet’ imagines a small‑town son of a glovemaker becoming a global icon.
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UC Berkeley developmental psychologist analyzes the intellectual advancement of AI.
Hannah Zeavin (left), Elena Conis, Michael Yartsev and Rasmus Nielsen are among the 101st class of Guggenheim Fellows. Composite image by Marissa Gutierrez. Photo of Michael Yartsev by Alison Yin; others courtesy UC Berkeley.
Two historians, a biologist and a bioengineer will receive a stipend to pursue independent work under “the freest possible conditions.”
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Berkeley professor is selected for a prestigious research grant.
A stylized digital composite photo of a woman looking upward with an intense expression. The image uses a cool blue and purple color palette. A luminous moon-like circle is superimposed over the right side of her face, creating a dreamlike or nocturnal atmosphere that evokes themes of sleep and anxiety.
How UC Berkeley sleep science is being used to help treat mental health disorders.
Researchers examine radiological imaging at a computer
A startup strives to make medical imaging more efficient — and more effective.
a brilliant green and blue, long-billed bird sitting under a flower head
Berkeley researchers analyze the evolution patters of hummingbirds and sunbirds.
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Berkeley astronomer talks about the chances of encountering life elsewhere in the galaxy.