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Poverty-level wages pose urgent problem for U.S. childcare, study finds
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Three Nobel Prize winners this year share a UC Berkeley connection.
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Berkeley also moved up to 8th best in the world overall in the 2024 report.
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The Berkeley Center for American Democracy has been launched to provide a home base for political scientists seeking practical solutions to these challenges.
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New research reveals hurricanes and tropical storms in the United States cause a surge of deaths for nearly 15 years after a storm hits.
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A new study shows that electric vehicle tax credits decreased climate pollution and benefited US vehicle manufacturers but have mixed benefits relative to taxpayer costs.
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An interview with a professor in the Department of French, specializing in medieval French literature.
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The UC Berkeley Energy & Biosciences Institute (EBI) has been established to advance the use of seaweed in the global supply chain.
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UC Berkeley researcher decided to simulate the massive circuit of the adult fruit fly brain— 139,255 neurons and 50 million connections — in a computer.
The 3D rendering of mitochondria overlaid by the motion map. The 3D volume was captured by a 3D SIM microscope in the Biological Imaging Facility and reconstructed by NSTM using the compute cluster from the Advanced Bioimaging Center.
New tool removes motion artifacts when imaging dynamic samples.
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Despite its hallowed status, free speech isn’t something that everyone understands — and it hasn’t always been guaranteed.
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Across campus, researchers are building tools to support freedom of expression on the internet while minimizing the potential for harm.
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Researchers found that Black workers in Michigan automobile manufacturing plants with a greater number of Black colleagues had better cardiovascular health than Black auto workers who worked in overwhelmingly white plants.
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Three projects aimed at dramatically improving the energy efficiency of AI hardware are getting a $16.3 million boost from the Department of Defense.
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AI-generated political content has already wreaked havoc and tilted elections. Here's how to spot it.
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UC Berkeley research notes existence of Earth-like planet around a dead sun, offering hope for our planet's ultimate survival.