Research News

Dawn Song, a 2022 Fellow with the UC Noyce Initiative, studies how to keep online data safe, fair and accessible.

Physicists studying antihydrogen — an antiproton paired with an antielectron, or positron — have conclusively shown that gravity pulls it downward and does not push it upward.

Berkeley scientists have disclosed that engineered viruses can produce electrical energy when subjected to heat, potentially opening the door to advanced biosensors and diagnostic instruments in the future.

Hartmut Haeffner, a 2022 Fellow with the UC Noyce Initiative, studies the properties and behaviors of isolated atoms— potential building blocks for quantum computers.

UC Berkeley School of Public Health's ongoing research shows that decades of redlining persistently fuel racial and socioeconomic inequality in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.

UC Berkeley experts evaluate the potential of AI and technology involved in a new fleet of self-driving cars arriving in San Francisco.

UC Berkeley Economics professors Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman have been named 2023 Citation Laureates-- a distinction that recognizes both Saez and Zucman to be amongst the world's top economists whose work is considered to be of Nobel-prize class.

Bin Yu, a 2022 Fellow with the UC Noyce Initiative, is applying cutting edge data science techniques to pressing issues in health and medicine.

Researchers identify and analyze the severe impacts of early malnutrition in infants.

Voter attitudes suggest campaigns for compensation "will face a steep uphill climb.”

PitchBook 2023 data shows that Berkeley undergraduate students and alumni have created more companies than founders from any other university in the world.

UC Berkeley professor reflects on the transformative potential of AI while highlighting its valuable lessons on both proactive and cautionary measures for shaping our future.

Racism expressed through cultural norms can perpetuate negative health outcomes for nonwhite groups, according to a study by UC Berkeley School of Public Health.

UC Berkeley professor delves deeper into our country's political divide and the specific factors that might be involved.

Professor Siu will serve as the point of contact for Organized Research Units, provide overall strategic advice to the VCR, and serve as the Research Integrity Officer. 

Ziyang Zhang, a 2022 Rose Hills Innovator, uses his synthetic chemistry background to design new small molecules to treat autoimmune disease and cancer.