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U.S. Representatives Vow To Fight Freeze on Federal Research Funding
U.S. Representatives and Berkeley professors met at the Innovative Genomics Institute for a tour and briefing amidst research funding cuts.
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Ancient Beaches Testify to Long-Ago Ocean on Mars
A Chinese rover finds underground evidence of beach sediments likely deposited 4 billion years ago.
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Pioneering a New Era for Cancer Prediction Using AI
Yala's team is currently leading a randomized clinical trial to evaluate how its breast cancer prediction model Mirai can improve patient outcomes.
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Increased Risk of Valley Fever Linked To Fine Mineral Dust Exposure
A new census tracts with higher concentrations of fine mineral dust had higher incidence rates of Valley fever.
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Six Young Faculty Members Named Sloan Fellows
Six researchers at UC Berkeley have been awarded a prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship, granted for their creativity, innovation and research accomplishments in their fields.
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Study Finds Persistent Spike in Hate Speech on X
A new analysis contradicts the social media platform’s claims that exposure to hate speech and bot-like activity decreased during Elon Musk’s tenure.
A recipe for energy efficiency: an optical sensor that also processes data. The transparent dome represents interactions between photons (red and green) and the nanoscale elements on the substrate. Carbon nanotubes with quantum dots (small spheres) are shown connected to CMOS circuitry below.
A New Approach to Efficient Optoelectronics, Inspired by the Human Eye
A new Berkeley Lab-led project aims to utilize basic research to transform the efficiency of microelectronics.
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New UC Berkeley Center to Address American Competitiveness in Advanced Technology
New Berkeley Center will provide expert scholarly advice to lawmakers on technology policy development to ensure global leadership in technology development.
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Asta Mønsted Reveals Greenland Through the Inuit Oral Tradition
UC Berkeley assistant professor prioritizes Indigenous knowledge and narratives, seeking to integrate them with scholarly theories and methods.
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Three Berkeley Engineering Professors Named to NAE
The National Academy of Engineering has elected three Berkeley engineering professors for their outstanding contributions to engineering practice, research or education.
The Dorsal Grasper, with its supernumerary robotic fingers, can expand the range of graspable objects and workspace.
New Device Enhances Grasping for People With Spinal Cord Injuries
Test subjects found that they could easily grasp objects anywhere they could reach their arm, without having to rotate their bodies.
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In Pursuit of a Poison Frog — and a Culturally Appropriate Name
A Berkeley professor and her colleagues tracked down a new species along that country's pacific coast, naming it in honor of an Afro-Colombian music style.
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Watch a Professor Explain the Evolutionary War That Gave Us Caffeine
Berkeley professor explains how the food we love is the product of four billion years of coevolution between plants and animals.
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Why Conspiracies Are So Popular — and What We Can Do To Stop Them
Berkeley professor uses lessons from folklore and AI to understand how social media fuels the spread of conspiracies.
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UC Berkeley Guide Helps Business Leaders Navigate AI Ethics
New research offers insight on how to responsibly navigate high-stakes AI issues like data privacy, transparency, biases, inaccuracies, and security.
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How Worried Should You Be About Bird Flu?
Dr. John Swartzberg denotes that bird flu continues to spread in the U.S. and around the world, raising concerns about its evolution and potential risks to human health.