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A person holds a cell phone open to a ChatGPT webpage, which is prompting the user to ask a series of questions.
Using AI for Just 10 Minutes Erodes Your Ability to Persist at Hard Things
A UC Berkeley researcher raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in daily life.
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New Campuswide Project Confronts the Legacy of U.S. Nuclear Bombing in the Marshall Islands
Installations across UC Berkeley center a Pacific island nation’s stories of nuclear devastation, rising seas and cultural endurance.
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, listens during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters.
A Global, Hardwired Pause of Frontier AI Training Is Feasible
Scholars from top institutions, including UC Berkeley, have released a study that maps out a pause in AI training.
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Study Catches a Quantum Material Transforming in Real Time, Revealing What Drives Its Shift
Berkeley researchers link electron-hole pairing to long-debated material phase transitions.
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Berkeley Helped Make IceCube a Success — and Earn Its Leader the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics
When Francis Halzen first proposed an experiment in the Antarctic ice to detect high-energy neutrinos, Berkeley’s Buford Price was all in.
Student host Angela Zhang, set against background of outer space, points to title reading Born at UC Berkeley
Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory Leads NASA Missions Like ESCAPADE
UC Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory leads NASA’s ESCAPADE Mars mission.
Anne Carson speaks at the 2024 National Book Awards finalist reading, standing behind a clear lectern with one hand raised.
Anne Carson Wins Nobel Prize in Literature, with a Chapter at UC Berkeley
Anne Carson, the Canadian poet and essayist, was awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature today.
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Listen: Taking Stock of America’s Drinking Water
Researchers discuss U.S. drinking water safety, pollutants, and health.
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Rising Black Youth Suicide: Why a Berkeley Researcher Sees Hope
Jasmin Brooks Stephens says we can support the mental health of kids and young adults long before a crisis occurs.
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A UC Berkeley Undergraduate’s Research Leads to an Astronomical First
A new study by a first-year student may solve a puzzle regarding isolated galaxies that have stopped producing stars.
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AI Chatbots Are Overconfident—Like Humans
New Berkeley Haas research testing 11 leading large language models found they were overconfident on average.
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U.S. Builds a ‘Systematic’ Global Deportation Network, Violating Migrant Rights
New Berkeley study reveals U.S. agreements enable illegal quick deportations to third nations.
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Study Confirms Tribal Observations of Woodland Decline
A collaboration involving tribal nations and university researchers is informing stewardship of culturally important ecosystems across the Eastern Sierra.
Diag Davenport, seated at a desk, with two computers screens showing his project. The screen on the left shows text that says
To Decipher Local Laws, Researchers Used AI to Build a Database of Millions of Them
The unprecedented project gives policymakers and the public an easy way to look up local ordinances.
Illustration of a lipid nanoparticle able to switch between positive charge, shown in red, and negative charge, shown in blue.
Solving a Longstanding Problem in Drug Delivery
Researchers engineer charge-switching lipid nanoparticles that could lead to new mRNA-based therapeutics
Silvan Spiri preparing an experiment on “Buddy” the microscope, which is used in the Brar-Ünal lab to study gametogenic rejuvenation. Photo credit: Maia Reyes.
New Method Unravels the Mysteries of Rejuvenation
UC Berkeley study reveals key cellular rejuvenation factors.