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Berkeley researchers used anonymized credit bureau data to follow Bay Area households over time.
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A new study by UC Berkeley researchers pinpoints areas of the human genome inherited from our ancestors.
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Berkeley researchers have found fossil evidence that animals of North and South America mixed before the Panamanian land bridge.
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A new study details how climate change has impacted the spread of malaria.
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Berkeley political scientist finds that even when people are exposed to less misinformation, their political beliefs don't change much.
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New Berkeley research indicates that continued climate change could severely increase wildfire above natural levels.
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A new kind of healthcare AI aims to learn from how doctors actually practice medicine.
Trajectories (color-coded by time) of a few dozen C. elegans freely moving across a field of view greater than 5 square centimeters.
Berkeley researchers have designed a computational microscope capable of capturing micron-scale resolution.
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Berkeley professor's new book focuses on the pioneering Black feminist who helped shape modern social justice movements.
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Seasonal vaccination against influenza and COVID-19 significantly reduces the risks of severe illness, hospitalization, and mortality.
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Berkeley professor explains why Widow's Bay mix of genre play and original storytelling has resonated so widely.
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UC Berkeley’s Possibility Lab is creating a new model for bringing people and policymakers together.
The glass sponge Euplectella aspergillum on the seafloor.
Researchers look to nature to design material with dual mechano-fluidic properties.
Director Jason Spingarn-Koff (Center) with Director of Photography / EP Jon Shenk (Right) filming in the Florida Keys.
Berkeley professor talks about his new documentary on coral reef preservation.
A man wearing a lanyard with a yellow press credential grimaces in pain and works to wash apparent tear gas from his eyes with water
Open-source investigation documents many incidents of misuse and injuries across 16 U.S.
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The United States’ 250th birthday was cause for reflection on the nation’s founding, identity and future.