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Do Vowels Have Colors? According to Some With Synesthesia, Yes.
A Berkeley professor discusses the history of the rare neurological condition and the unique ability of scholars in the humanities to investigate the phenomenon.
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To Understand Low Back Pain, Researchers Are Looking Closely at How Our Bodies Move
A joint UCSF/Berkeley study aims to make leaps towards individualized treatments for back pain.
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Brain-To-Voice Neuroprosthesis Restores Naturalistic Speech
UC Berkeley engineers have created an AI-based model that synthesizes brain signals into audible speech in near-real time.
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UC Berkeley Engineers Create World’s Smallest Wireless Flying Robot
The bumblebee-inspired robot, less than a centimeter in diameter, can hover, change directions and even hit small targets.
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Seven Faculty Named Fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Science
The 2024 class of AAAS fellows includes UC Berkeley researchers from the fields of biology, physics, psychology, engineering and statistics.
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Scientists Discover Why Obesity Takes Away the Pleasure of Eating
New study finds that obesity reduces a specific brain chemical, lowering the desire to consume high-calorie foods. Boosting it can aid weight loss.
Various members of the Khmer community sit at rows of tables at a room. Many of them appear to be engaged in conversation. One wears a flower in her hair, while another is smiling serenely while wearing a fur hat.
How the Pandemic Impacted the Asian American Diaspora
Five years after COVID-19, Berkeley researchers are documenting the human story of its global toll on specific communities within that very diverse racial category.
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No Robot Can Match a Squirrel’s Ability To Leap From Limb to Limb — Until Now
Based on studies of leaping squirrels, UC Berkeley students design a robot that can stick a landing on a branch.
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Five Years After COVID, U.S. University Students Still Lag in Key Areas
New study finds lasting post-pandemic declines in student engagement in American Universities.
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How is Slavery Represented at American Tourist Sites Today?
UC Berkeley's Stephen Small and the representation of slavery in contemporary heritage tourism
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Iguanas Floated One-Fifth of the Way Around the World To Colonize Fiji
Researchers find that Fiji iguanas are most closely related to the North American desert iguana.
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With AI and Linguistics, This Professor Is Decoding How Animals and Humans Communicate
Watch a UC Berkeley linguistics professor explain his work in just 101 seconds.
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Nearly 40% of Companies Missed 2020 Climate Targets With No Consequences
A new study found that companies faced no significant penalties from the market or from stakeholders for failing to meet their targets.
Beatriz Leyva-Cutler, executive director for BAHIA Inc. sits for a portrait in an empty classroom at Centro Vida Child Care Center, a part of the Bay Area Hispano Institute for Advancement
Five Years After COVID-19, A Struggling Child Care Workforce Faces New Threats
The child care sector has mostly recouped COVID-era losses, but it remains a workforce in crisis, according to a new analysis at UC Berkeley.
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Brian Staskawicz Awarded Wolf Prize in Agriculture
A Berkeley professor has been awarded the 2025 Wolf Prize in Agriculture for his discoveries of the immune system and disease resistance in plants.
The purple/blue solution in this vial contains crystals of the berkelocene “sandwich.” 
Scientists Discover New Heavy-Metal Molecule ‘Berkelocene’
Chemists at Berkeley have made pioneering discoveries regarding the chemistry of transuranium elements.