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Six UC Berkeley faculty members from a diverse range of fields are newly elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Many drugs stem from Native-used plants, and a UC Berkeley student says they should share the benefits.
Ann Johnson sits in her wheelchair with a cord plugged into a neuroprosthesis implant while she participates in a clinical trial helping to restore her ability to speak with a brain-computer interface
UC Berkeley researchers explain how a brain-computer interface restored Ann Johnson’s ability to speak after 18 years.
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A team of Berkeley researchers have developed an advanced computational platform to give us a peek inside important microbial communities.
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New published research shows the need for changes to federal crop insurance programs that would benefit farmers, companies, and the climate.
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A Berkeley sociology professor recalls the stories and lessons she has learned from years of interviewing undocumented young people.
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A Berkeley professor explains her research in making the roads in the United States safer.
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Decades of research leads to self-contained solar panels that convert carbon dioxide into C2 products.
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Pulitzer-winning journalism professor discusses a ‘radical’ Berkeley experiment to develop the next generation of investigative reporters.
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UC Berkeley scientists created a new platform called “Oz” that directly controls up to 1,000 photoreceptors in the eye at once, providing new insight into the nature of color vision and vision loss.
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The Guggenheim Foundation awards two Berkeley professors one of the highest intellectual honors on North American academics and creatives.
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Berkeley professor explores the impact of abortion bans on OBGYN physicians working in those states.
Encouraged by Wendy Ingram, a 2014 Berkeley Ph.D. recipient, eminent faculty members shared their experiences with depression and anxiety to help bring these struggles into the open. The academic year 2013-14 changed the direction of Wendy Ingram’s life. Over the course of a few months, four members of the UC Berkeley department in which she was a graduate student died by suicide: an undergraduate student, a doctoral student, a post-doctoral fellow and a faculty member. The tragic events left many in the De
Encouraged by Wendy Ingram faculty members shared their experiences with depression and anxiety to help bring these struggles into the open.
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As federal research funding faces growing uncertainty, the Molecular Therapeutics Initiative (MTI) at UC Berkeley is stepping up to support bold scientific innovation.
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A new study found ways to reduce Caltrain passengers' exposure to carcinogenic black carbon by an average of 89%.
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As the Trump administration seeks to redirect museum and arts organizations, Berkeley academics assess the impact of pulled funding and new directives.