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Graphic of a woman sitting at a desk with pen and paper worrying about money
A new report offers options for California policymakers interested in narrowing the coverage and affordability gaps for people struggling to afford premiums and out-of-pocket costs for health insurance.
Illustration of rat generating visual feedback to a computer
Neuroscientists have demonstrated the astounding flexibility of the brain by training neurons that normally process input from the eyes to develop new skills, in this case, to control a computer-generated tone.
graphic of random words.

What are voice-controlled personal assistants like Alexa and Siri to do when faced with words like “face” that have multiple meanings ranging from a bod

Ion Stoica sitting in the center of two people
The National Science Foundation today announced that RISELab has been awarded an Expeditions in Computing award to enable game-changing advances in real-time decision making technologies.
Illustration of rock moisture storage above seasonal groundwater storage above fresh bedrock
An oft-neglected layer of weathered rock underlying the soil on hillslopes could be a significant reservoir for water, providing critical moisture for trees during droughts, according to a new study.
Grace O'Connell UC Berkeley
Lower back pain is not as common as the common cold. But it’s close. About 80 percent of people suffer back pain sooner or later. 
I Approve This Message Flag
With primary season just around the corner, voters will soon start hearing a familiar refrain: “I’m Candidate X, and I approve this message.”
Sol Hsiang
In the past, world leaders had little but magic to predict the future. Today, they can turn to masses of data to project the future and help prepare for it.
Image of Supernova 2016gkg in the galaxy NGC 613
Thanks to lucky snapshots taken by an amateur astronomer in Argentina, scientists have obtained their first view of the initial burst of light from the explosion of a massive star.
Animation of event horizon of a black hole
If someone were to venture into a relatively benign black hole, they could survive, but their past would be obliterated and they could have an infinite number of possible futures.
UC Berkeley footage of cockroaches crashing into a wall
UC Berkeley researchers have taken a lesson from cockroaches and built a robot called DASH that uses the momentum of a head-on crash to tip itself upward to climb a wall.
Dawn Song in front of a whiteboard
In the world of data analytics, privacy restrictions can get in the way of analysis. It’s a classic two-edged sword, and finding a flexible but secure solution to assure both privacy and deep data access has been difficult to achieve. 
blood
CRISPR-Cas12a, one of the DNA-cutting proteins revolutionizing biology today, has an unexpected side effect that makes it an ideal enzyme for simple, rapid and accurate disease diagnostics.
sloan research fellows
Six assistant professors from the fields of computer science, economics, neuroscience and physics have been named 2018 Sloan Research Fellows, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced today.
Noah Johnson
In the information age, data is power, and the ability to mine it can boost business profits, save patients’ lives and aid government security. 
Ryan Crestani, Lucie Bardet, Ludwig Schoenack and Matt Morrison
Ludwig Schoenack is known as “the connector” in UC Berkeley startup circles. It’s an apt nickname the MBA student, who just launched the Haas Startup Squad, a team of matchmakers who help connect Haas students to entrepreneurs at the UC Berkeley incubator, Skydeck.