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Stylized graphic showing a bullet casing next to concentric circles of a city with a target (inner) and garden growing green vegetables (outer).
Professor Jason Corburn teaches first Berkeley Public Health class on urban gun violence prevention
the brick-red planet Mars with white caps at poles
Seismic data from NASA's Insight lander indicate deep, porous rock filled with liquid water.
Kristin Persson holding a molecule model.
Prominent scientist honored for pioneering data-driven approach to accelerate clean energy innovations
a colorful gradient background with four headshots of Dacher Keltner, Lisa Damour, Allison Briscoe-Smith and Maurissa Horwitz
In Berkeley Talks episode 206, Keltner joins a panel of others who worked on Inside Out 2. Together, they discuss the unique pressures that teenagers face, the science behind emotions, and how all of them, even the most uncomfortable, have a purpose.
glowing green elongated worms cluster together like segments of an orange
Nematodes react to the odors of pathogens by prepping their guts to withstand an infection. Do humans react similarly?
Kamala Harris speaking at a campaign rally in Atlanta, Georgia, with a crowd of people cheering behind her.
As a modern candidate, she embodies all of the ways the country has moved on from the idea that you can only be one thing at once.
A person is leaning back and closing their eyes while driving a car.
UC Berkeley researchers have created earpieces that identify brain activity associated with relaxation and drowsiness.
Collage of three photos. Left: Paul Raftery; middle: Therese Peffer; right: Hui Zhang.
The California Institute for Energy and Environment (CIEE), in partnership with the Center for the Built Environment (CBE), has been awarded two major grants, totaling approximately $8 million, from the California Energy Commission (CEC) to advance research on commercial building decarbonization.
Gabe Rossi and Keane Flynn, a graduate student at the University of Nevada, Reno, examine the pikeminnow weir.
A new perspective published this week calls on California leaders to do more to recover degraded freshwater ecosystems and protect the resilience, health, and viability of existing ecosystems.
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New assistant professors cement UC Berkeley's leadership in quantum science and technology.
dirty white glacier ending at blue lake with deep blue sky above
The high Andes mountains host many glaciers. Study shows four of them have shrunk to a size not seen since the rise of human civilization.
Aerial view of a rainforest in Brazil.
Research could help communities most impacted by climate change.
President-elect Donald Trump in December, 2015, at a rally in Pennsylvania
"That thousands of infants may have been healthier had the election not occurred is incredibly troubling," said Caitlin Patler, associate professor at UC Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy.
dozens of tv screens showing various sporting events from the control room of the Beijing Olympics
Live sports have always been a powerful medium, UC Berkeley experts say. This year's choose-your-own-adventure way of viewing has democratized how, when and even who we watch.
An aerial photo of trees and green space.
Well-planned reforestation projects have up to 10 times more low-cost carbon removal potential than previous estimates
Spectators watch footraces at the 2024 Nemean Games on the slopes of the ancient stadium
In April, the Olympic torch passed through Ancient Nemea, where Berkeley since 1974 has been unearthing a site of the Panhellenic Games.