Few know that the backbone of the internet is made up of close a million miles of telecommunication cables on the ocean floor.

Researchers have uncovered a remarkable metal alloy that won’t crack at extreme temperatures due to kinking, or bending, of crystals in the alloy at the atomic level

Researchers are using Gen AI and other techniques to teach robots new skills — including tasks they could perform in homes.

Researchers employing textured surfaces to mimic shark skin to make underwater instruments more effective and environmentally friendly.

UC Berkeley Tech Policy Summit drew world-renowned academics, thought leaders, policymakers, industry pioneers, and innovators, to discuss and debate the most pressing issues at the intersection of technology and policy.

Citizen Clinic, UC Berkeley’s cybersecurity clinic, is a semester-long course that gives students hands-on training and experience as they deliver pro bono digital security assistance to nonprofits and other public interest organizations.

UC Berkeley researchers aim to create a fleet of low-cost, autonomous spacecraft propelled by light particles.

Armando Fox and Dan Garcia, professors of electrical engineering and computer sciences (EECS), are behind UC Berkeley’s pilot run, an endeavor they’ve dubbed “A’s for All (as Time and Interest Allow).”

UC Berkeley professor, one of the world’s leading experts on digital forensics and human perception, talks about the storm of digital disinformation so powerful that it’s putting lives, and democracy, at risk.

UC Berkeley researchers present a new statistical technique for safely using the predictions obtained from machine learning models to test scientific hypotheses.

UC Berkeley researchers are working to revisit and reinvent molten salt technologies, paving the way for advanced nuclear energy systems and a carbon-free future.

UC Berkeley will develop a 36-acre site to house companies, labs and students in heart of Silicon Valley.

UC Berkeley professor investigates the properties and applications of novel metamaterials.

A UC Berkeley research partnership in Singapore shows that pairing ceiling fans with higher air conditioning settings can reduce energy consumption by one-third without compromising comfort.

UC Berkeley researchers demonstrated a new method for using manganese to create cheaper and more powerful Li-ion batteries.

Dawn Song, a 2022 Fellow with the UC Noyce Initiative, studies how to keep online data safe, fair and accessible.

Berkeley scientists have disclosed that engineered viruses can produce electrical energy when subjected to heat, potentially opening the door to advanced biosensors and diagnostic instruments in the future.

Berkeley engineers explain how advances in AI could help restore natural communication.

UC Berkeley researchers demonstrate how a nanoengineered steel mesh with a solar-powered coating can collect droplets from fog and make water safe for drinking.

A new project funded by a UC Natural Reserve System Climate Award aims to make biodiversity monitoring more efficient.

The Molecular Therapeutics field focuses on innovative approaches to treat diseases, and the division hopes to accelerate the drug discovery process from idea to laboratory to clinic.

Researchers have developed Nerfstudio, a Python framework that provides plug-and-play components for implementing NeRF-based methods.

An ultrafast x-ray imaging technique shows how the symmetry of methane’s structure evolves after rapid removal of an electron, providing insights into its physical and chemical properties.

Two California water engineers are working with the Data Science Discovery program to develop a drinking water regulation chatbot.

Berkeley News spoke with Schulman about why he chose Berkeley for graduate school, the allure of towel-folding robots, and what he sees for the future of artificial general intelligence.

$70M funding will catalyze a bold new initiative led by Jennifer Doudna and Jill Banfield to apply precision genome editing to microbial communities.

The last “civilization-ending technology” – atomic energy – has been the subject of intense governance and extreme care on behalf of its engineers. Russell says that AI needs the same kind of attention.

When it comes to higher education, reviews have been more mixed, a blend of upbeat and uneasy. These UC Berkeley experts say that ChatGPT and similar tools are going to transform education.

Jie Yao, a 2022 Heising-Simons Faculty Fellow, is developing new optical materials for use in information technology platforms and devices.

The CITRIS principal investigator and assistant professor of mechanical engineering takes inspiration from nature and uses machine learning to create more efficient materials.

Felix Fischer, a 2022 Heising-Simons Faculty Fellow, uses his organic chemistry background to build materials for next-generation computers, sensors and communications platforms.

James Analytis wants to understand the underpinnings of superconductors, which could lead to new kinds of MRI machines or supercomputers.

With $2.5 million from the National Science Foundation, an interdisciplinary, multicampus University of California research team is partnering with agencies and community organizations in the Bay Area to help residents respond to natural disasters more quickly — and more safely.

CEE Professors Maria Laura Delle Monache and Alexandre M. Bayen discuss their research on the impact of AI-equipped vehicles on traffic jams and fuel consumption.

Using advances in machine learning, two separate teams have developed approaches to shorten in-the-field training for quadruped robots in record time.

A research team led by Boubacar Kanté has created a type of laser, accomplishing the ability to emit a single mode of light while keeping the ability to scale up in size and power.

The unassuming Pacific mole crab, Emerita analoga, is about to make some waves. UC Berkeley researchers have debuted a unique robot inspired by this burrowing crustacean that may someday help evaluate the soil of agricultural sites, collect marine data and study soil and rock conditions at construction sites.

In 1971, graduate student Stuart Freedman and postdoctoral fellow John Clauser took over a room in the sub-basement of Birge Hall at the University of California, Berkeley, and built an experiment that would put to the test one of the most enduring weirdnesses of quantum mechanics, what Einstein called “spooky action at a distance.”

Addressing the toughest questions at the intersection of technology, politics, and security. How will emerging technologies shape the future of war and peace? How might a new era of strategic competition between superpowers complicate matters?

With the U.S. midterm elections approaching and political disinformation posing a continued threat to democracy, UC Berkeley’s ambitious new Our Better Web initiative, launched on a small scale in April, is advancing efforts to study and combat online harms including deception, discrimination and child exploitation.

In Berkeley Talks episode 148, Robert Full, a professor of integrative biology and founder of the Center for Interdisciplinary Biological Inspiration in Education and Research at UC Berkeley, discusses how nature and its creatures — cockroaches, crabs, centipedes, geckos — inspire innovative design in all sorts of useful things, from bomb-detecting, stair-climbing robots to prosthetics and other medical equipment.

Using an inexpensive polymer called melamine — the main component of Formica — chemists have created a cheap, easy and energy-efficient way to capture carbon dioxide from smokestacks, a key goal for the United States and other nations as they seek to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

In a study presented at the 2022 International Conference on Machine Learning, a UC Berkeley-led research team revealed that certain recommender systems try to manipulate user preferences, beliefs, mood and psychological state

As another potentially devastating wildfire season begins, California is facing a shortage of wildland firefighters. To meet this challenge, the Marin County Fire Department and UC Berkeley have partnered to form FIRE Foundry (Fire, Innovation, Recruitment and Education), a program that recruits young adults from underrepresented communities for a career in fire service and trains them on cutting-edge firefighting technologies.

Berkeley engineers have created a new type of semiconductor laser that accomplishes an elusive goal in the field of optics: the ability to emit a single mode of light while maintaining the ability to scale up in size and power. It is an achievement that means size does not have to come at the expense of coherence, enabling lasers to be more powerful and to cover longer distances for many applications.

The CITRIS Invention Lab is currently one of several UC Berkeley maker spaces where students and researchers can design and prototype interactive technologies. In the Invention Lab, these creations can be as simple as articulated plastic figurines and as complex as hydration-tracking smart cups. The carefully cultivated community of makers has helped thousands of UC Berkeley students and researchers develop creative skills and prototype novel products.

Bakar Labs, the flagship life sciences incubator at UC Berkeley’s Bakar BioEnginuity Hub (BBH), has formed a partnership with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to provide free lab space and resources to startups that are focused on the application of gene therapy technologies that treat cystic fibrosis.