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UC Berkeley scientists created a new platform called “Oz” that directly controls up to 1,000 photoreceptors in the eye at once, providing new insight into the nature of color vision and vision loss.
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The Guggenheim Foundation awards two Berkeley professors one of the highest intellectual honors on North American academics and creatives.
Encouraged by Wendy Ingram, a 2014 Berkeley Ph.D. recipient, eminent faculty members shared their experiences with depression and anxiety to help bring these struggles into the open. The academic year 2013-14 changed the direction of Wendy Ingram’s life. Over the course of a few months, four members of the UC Berkeley department in which she was a graduate student died by suicide: an undergraduate student, a doctoral student, a post-doctoral fellow and a faculty member. The tragic events left many in the De
Encouraged by Wendy Ingram faculty members shared their experiences with depression and anxiety to help bring these struggles into the open.
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As federal research funding faces growing uncertainty, the Molecular Therapeutics Initiative (MTI) at UC Berkeley is stepping up to support bold scientific innovation.
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A new study found ways to reduce Caltrain passengers' exposure to carcinogenic black carbon by an average of 89%.
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As the Trump administration seeks to redirect museum and arts organizations, Berkeley academics assess the impact of pulled funding and new directives.
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A new sensor measures electrodermal activity, an electrical property of the skin, to monitor hydration levels during physical activity.
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Slushy hailstones of ammonia and water were part of a bizarre theory to explain the planet's poorly mixed atmosphere. These mushballs seem to be real.
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While documented self-harm rates have increased across the board, researchers found multiracial girls, in particular, have seen incidences surge since 2016.
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New measurements of the diffuse ionized hydrogen surrounding galaxies account for missing mass.
Rauri Bowie, Berkeley professor of integrative biology and a curator at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, opens one of the museum's countless cabinets of eggs. This one's contents include a greenish cassowary egg (left) and two dark-colored emu eggs (center and right). Shiny white ostrich eggs lie in the top drawer. Charlotte Khadra/UC Berkeley
The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology has one of the largest collections of eggs in North America, and it's vital to researchers worldwide.
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A Berkeley professor explains the concept of subsea internet tubes in 101 seconds.
Masses of shipping containers are stacked beneath towering cranes at the busy port in Long Beach, Califonia.
A Berkeley economist comments on the uncertainty and unpredictable aura around newly imposed tariffs.
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A Berkeley professor breaks down season three of The White Lotus, from why it's set in Thailand to the unforgettable monologue in episode five.
Two steelhead trout swim within the bubbling waters of a flowing stream.
Severely dry winter conditions has blocked some species of salmon and steelhead trout from accessing their breeding grounds, wiping out their populations.
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A Berkeley professor discusses the history of the rare neurological condition and the unique ability of scholars in the humanities to investigate the phenomenon.