UC Berkeley engineers create world’s smallest wireless flying robot - Berkeley News
The bumblebee-inspired robot, less than a centimeter in diameter, can hover, change directions and even hit small targets.
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27th February 2025
Initiative aims to create a 'rightful presence' for the Ohlone community at UC Berkeley - Berkeley News
“Our long term goal is for every student, every faculty member, every professor — everybody that's engaged with the university — to have a common understanding about Ohlone people and our living identity,” said Vincent Medina, co-leader of the...
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13th February 2025
Study finds persistent spike in hate speech on X - Berkeley News
The new analysis contradicts the social media platform’s claims that exposure to hate speech and bot-like activity decreased during Elon Musk’s tenure.
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5th February 2025
Why conspiracies are so popular — and what we can do to stop them - Berkeley News
UC Berkeley Professor Timothy Tangherlini uses lessons from folklore and AI to understand how social media fuels the spread of conspiracies, and how we can use storytelling tools to stem the tide of misinformation.
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16th January 2025
Is the Bay Area prepared for major wildfires?
A UC Berkeley-led team is using computer simulations to stress-test the region’s disaster preparedness and creating virtual games to educate the public about wildfire safety.
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16th December 2024
What a century-old grapevine reveals about a disease that plagues wine country - Berkeley News
UC Berkeley researchers used bacterial DNA from a 120-year-old herbarium specimen to reconstruct the history of Pierce’s disease in California.
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12th November 2024
Citizen scientists discover new, more virulent form of sudden oak death in Bay Area - Berkeley News
Every year, volunteers with the UC Berkeley-led SOD Blitz Project survey tens of thousands of California trees for signs of the fungus-like pathogen.
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4th November 2024
With the help of AI, UC Berkeley researchers confirm Hollywood is getting more diverse - Berkeley News
A new study used facial recognition technology to track the amount of time actors appear on screen in more than 2,300 films.
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30th October 2024
Project 2025 could be disastrous for the climate. Legal scholars are preparing to fight back. - Berkeley News
UC Berkeley's Ken Alex says regardless of who the next president is, proponents will continue to push for this "straightforward statement of climate denial."
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30th September 2024
How UC Berkeley researchers are making online spaces safer for all - Berkeley News
Across campus, researchers are building tools to support freedom of expression on the internet while minimizing the potential for harm.
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11th September 2024
California has dramatically improved its air quality, but racial disparities persist - Berkeley News
The state’s aggressive emissions policies have reduced exposure to PM2.5 air pollution by 65% since 2000, but low-income communities of color still breathe the dirtiest air.
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22nd August 2024
Can an aquifer be injured? Scholar brings a disability lens to ecological repair - Berkeley News
In her new book Disabled Ecologies, UC Berkeley professor Sunaura Taylor returns to a Tucson Superfund site to document how residents organized one of the earliest and most successful environmental justice movements in the country.
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13th August 2024
How color shapes which animals we fear — and which we protect - Berkeley News
From albino squirrels to black coyotes, urban wildlife with unique color variations reveal the role of human bias in wildlife conservation.
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5th August 2024
Dozing at the wheel? Not with these fatigue-detecting earbuds - Berkeley News
UC Berkeley researchers have created earpieces that identify brain activity associated with relaxation and drowsiness.
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18th July 2024
Researchers reveal a hidden factor in California’s insurance crisis: The ‘winner’s curse’ - Berkeley News
As lawmakers scramble to reform homeowners’ insurance regulations, a new study examines how insurers are pricing wildfire risk — and how different strategies can significantly impact premiums.
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13th June 2024
Can engineered plants help make baby formula as nutritious as breast milk?
Human breast milk contains a unique blend of prebiotic sugars that are tricky to replicate in commercial infant formula. New research shows that plants may be the perfect manufacturers.
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11th June 2024
Psychedelics change how we see the world. A UC Berkeley study aims to find out why.
Researchers will use neuroimaging to observe the effects of psilocybin on the human brain — in real-time.
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6th May 2024
Why parrots sometimes adopt — or kill — each other’s babies
Competition over love and real estate drives two extreme behaviors in green-rumped parrotlets, new study finds.
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9th April 2024
How to keep AI from killing us all
In a new paper, UC Berkeley researchers argue that companies should not be allowed to create advanced AI systems until they can prove they are safe.
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18th March 2024
What artificial streams can teach us about insects, algae and our changing climate
By the end of the century, drought may reshape California's mountain waterways and the ecosystems that depend on them.
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