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Sleep scientists at UC Berkeley have discovered a potential mechanism in humans that might explain the link between certain types of brain waves and the body’s sensitivity to insulin.
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Berkeley researchers have designed a portable sun-powered device that can extract and convert water molecules from the air into drinkable water.
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They warned the decision will reduce opportunities for people of color and thwart the nation’s progress toward racial equality.
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Berkeley’s Institute for Data Science, Graduate School of Journalism, and partners will collect, curate and make accessible records that a 2019 state law unlocked for the public.
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At least one group has found evidence that the rhythms of these pulsars are affected by the stretching and squeezing of spacetime by these long-wavelength gravitational waves.
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Professor Juana Maria Rodríguez's new book relates intimate stories of Latinx sex workers from around the world and demonstrates the ways they have always “formed part of queer worlds.
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A stiff jaw in mammals is thought to be a side effect of establishing a uniquely mammalian hearing system.
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Dubbed “the Woodstock of Hackathons,” the event was hosted by Berkeley’s premiere startup accelerator, Berkeley SkyDeck, and Cal Hacks, a nonprofit that runs collegiate hackathons.
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To Celeste Kidd the answer is simple: It’s dangerous and perhaps the most concerning aspect of generative AI’s rapid expansion. 
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New study demonstrates that hummingbirds happily sip from sugar water with up to 1% alcohol by volume, finding it just as attractive as plain sugar water.
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A new study is the first to document how removing commission fees on trading platforms improves returns for the average trader.
A bird stands on one foot in a flooded field. The bird is standing behind a chain-link fence, which has a sign that reads "Caution: Hazardous substances area, unauthorized persons keep out."
A new report finds that rising groundwater levels in the San Francisco Bay Area could impact more than 5,200 state- and federally-managed contaminated sites at risk.
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Karthik Shekhar has been awarded this scholarship for research on the evolution of neural diversity and patterning in the visual system. 
U.S. President Donald Trump, in a blue suit and red and white tie, speaks at a campaign event.
Dan Schnur says last week's criminal indictment for mishandling top secret information and obstructing the federal investigation has given Trump a political boost.
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A new study shows that, even lacking good error correction, there are ways to mitigate errors that could make quantum computers useful today.
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Chemists are working to retool the cell’s polypeptide manufacturing plants to generate polymer chains more elaborate than what can now be made in a cell or a test tube.