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From top left, counterclockwise: Stills and art from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Beef, Everything Everywhere All At Once and Hacks. Courtesy of Disney, courtesy of Netflix, poster art by James Jean/A24, courtesy of HBO Max; photo illustration by Neil Freese/UC Berkeley
So Much to Watch! But How Do You Find the Good Stuff?
UC Berkeley lab evaluates media representation and diversity.
Edge Medicine researchers: Fernando Perez, Irene Chen, Jessilyn Dunn, Ida Sim, JP Pollak, Sandeep “Sunny” Kishore, and Ahmed Alaa.
Edge Medicine Awarded $10 Million from Laude Institute Competition for AI in Healthcare
New Center for Edge Medicine integrates AI into daily healthcare.
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How Young People Are Researching Issues That Matter to Them
Student-led research projects help shape K–12 school policies and culture.
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Q&A with Interim Vice Chancellor for Research Richard Allen
Meet the person with the mission to advance Berkeley's role as a research powerhouse.
A performer in military attire wears a large, flared cardboard acoustic headpiece in William Kentridge’s The Head & The Load.
African Laborers Were Forgotten in Stories of World War I
Berkeley French Professor explores how performance art revisits colonial WWI history.
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Stool DNA Sequencing Reveals New Genetic Targets for Childhood TB
Berkeley researchers uncover new genetic targets for childhood TB.
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In Parallel Mouse Studies, Researchers Fail to Replicate Many Reported Effects of Psilocybin
Researchers from UC Berkeley, UCSF and Stanford investigate the effects of psilocybin on lab mice.
Faculty members Chase Hobbs-Morgan, Lisa García Bedolla, and Emily Ozer stand in a row outside facing the camera
In Community-Partnered Research, UC Berkeley Is a Powerhouse
Berkeley researchers have a long history of working with communities to make a difference in the world.
Voters stand in line at an early voting location in a mall in Anchorage, Alaska, on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)
Ranked-Choice Voting Reduces Pull of “Electability,” Boosts Women and Minority Candidates
Ranked-choice voting cuts strategic bias, helping diverse candidates.
Angela Zhang, student host of Born at Berkeley series, stands cut-out against image of green northern lights and a round COSI logo
Built at Berkeley, Bound for Space –– to Measure Exploded Stars
Berkeley’s newest space telescope, COSI, is one of many instruments built at the Space Sciences Laboratory.
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Are California Elections Safe? Here’s What the Experts Say.
Experts address election security, ballot counting, and voter trust in California.
A man in a suit shakes hands with a person in business casual attire as others smile. The setting is a crowded lab with many wires.
State Workforce Board Invests in Berkeley-led Quantum Training Pipeline
California initiative addresses technician shortages in the regional quantum sector.
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Research Shows Mulch Type Matters During a Wildfire
Research finds composted mulch safer than non-composted for wildfire protection.
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Existing Power Plants Could Add Hundreds of Gigawatts of Clean Energy
Co-locating renewables at existing plants rapidly expands power capacity
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How Researchers Decoded the Loopy Physics of Hula Hooping
UC Berkeley study reveals key body movements behind hula hooping.
A large multi-rotor agricultural drone rests on dark, freshly tilled soil, its camera and spray equipment visible; the scene feels quiet and utilitarian.
Where Smart Farming Is Already Paying Off
Advanced agricultural technologies boost profitability, particularly across wealthier, highly regulated regions.