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Men standing on a white truck watch over a vineyard as the Point Fire burns nearby in Healdsburg, on June 16, 2024.
Berkeley researchers conducted a sweeping survey of California farmworkers on their experience working during wildfires.
Carla Shapreau holds up and discusses an antique violin from the Salz Collection to a group of middle school students on a field trip
A Berkeley curator traces the rich histories of old violins and connects them to the next generation of musicians.
The Abundance Accelerator, an initiative of the UC Berkeley Possibility Lab, is exploring how community engagement and effective policy can expand supplies of essential goods and services, from housing and transportation to childcare, health care and eldercare. Courtesy of the Possibility Lab
The Abundance Accelerator aims to bridge left-vs.-right conflict.
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Learn how a professor works to create therapeutic compounds, better nutrition and new forms of fuel.
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Threats like “gender ideology” can convince unruly coalitions to support authoritarian practices.
A slightly blurred and radiant color image of the first nuclear test explosion with a cloud of fire in the darkness, seen from a distance.
The new Carnegie Nuclear Security Initiative will focus on the future of nuclear policy.
Rikky Muller, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences.
Berkeley engineer explains how implantable and wearable technologies are redefining patient care.
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Berkeley research has led to a spray that protects skin from the cancer-causing UV emitted by gel hardening lamps.
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New SF Report Cards allow users to track changes from 2000 to 2023 across 13 key indicators between Black and white residents.
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Researchers work with the Government of Pubjab to develop new drug prevention courses.
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Sweeping study documents extensive age and gender distortion across online media
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Puthussery’s discoveries about the retina are paving the way for new treatments for eye disease and vision loss
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Yaghi created a field called reticular chemistry, which involves stitching together molecular building blocks to form porous structures — metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) — with myriad applications.
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New research shows that green spaces and parks can improve mental health of city residents.
John Clarke sitting in his office
The Nobel Prize committee honored Clarke "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling and energy quantization in an electric circuit." These circuits were forerunners of the qubits in many quantum computers.
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Marine ecologist explains how we need to start protecting our oceans.