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Infant Born With Deadly Disease Now Thriving Thanks to Customized CRISPR Treatment
A newborn boy, diagnosed with a rare and potentially fatal genetic disease, received a novel, on-demand CRISPR therapy in record time.
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UC Berkeley Students Are Using Tech To Innovate Democratic Processes
The Building Bridges course encourages students to think like entrepreneurs and "see that technology can be used for good.”
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How UC Berkeley Is Expanding Quantum Research and Education
Berkeley physics professor speaks about the state of quantum information science on campus.
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How the Fear of Coming in Second Hurts Scientific Progress
Researchers study the impact of competition in the academic field when it comes to being the first to publish novel research.
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Why Did Medieval Readers Kiss, Smudge and Deface Their Books?
Berkeley French Professor explores the history and mystery of smudged or defaced characters in medieval French literature.
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Flamingos Create Water Tornados To Trap Their Prey
Researchers have documented how flamingos use their feet, heads and beaks to create a storm of swirling tornados, or vortices, in the water to efficiently concentrate and slurp up their prey.
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Federal Appeals Court Sends CRISPR-Cas9 Patent Case Back To Patent Office for Reconsideration
Court of Appeals rules that Patent Trial and Appeal Board applied wrong legal standards for CRISPR-Cas9.
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Not One, but Two Massive Black Holes Are Eating Away at This Galaxy
UC Berkeley astronomers found a stealth black hole that is a companion to the massive black hole in the galaxy’s core.
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Napolitano: U.S. Deportation Push Raises “Profound” Constitutional Issues
The former U.S. secretary of homeland security explores the ethical, logistical, and political risks of current federal immigration enforcement.
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Planetary Scientist Lindy Elkins-Tanton To Head Space Sciences Laboratory
A professor at Arizona State University, she leads NASA's Psyche mission, the first to explore a metallic asteroid.
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Household Drinking Water Identified as Key Pathway for Bacterial Transmission
Berkeley researchers suggest that community-level chlorinated water may be a practical approach to preventing the spread of pathogens in low-resource communities.
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Six UC Berkeley Faculty Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Six UC Berkeley faculty members from a diverse range of fields are newly elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Indigenous Knowledge Helps Biotech Find New Drugs.
Many drugs stem from Native-used plants, and a UC Berkeley student says they should share the benefits.
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The State of Electoral Democracy in California
Berkeley professors review the state of our democracy in California.
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What We Really Need in the Fight Against Extinction
Berkeley professors work to leverage technology to support biodiversity conservation and environmental stewardship.
Ann Johnson sits in her wheelchair with a cord plugged into a neuroprosthesis implant while she participates in a clinical trial helping to restore her ability to speak with a brain-computer interface
A Stroke Left Her ‘Locked In.’ With the Help of AI, She Heard Her Voice Again.
UC Berkeley researchers explain how a brain-computer interface restored Ann Johnson’s ability to speak after 18 years.