Posts by Kara Manke

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A woman wearing a purple blouse and glasses sits at a desk.

Vision scientist Teresa Puthussery receives MacArthur ‘genius’ award

October 8, 2025

A close-up of a child’s hand touching a white robotic hand.

Do chatbots have a moral compass? Researchers turn to Reddit to find out.

September 10, 2025

A home with severe fire damage, including a collapsed roof, broken windows and smoke damage, stands next to a home that appears undamaged.

California communities can reduce wildfire damage by half. Here’s how.

August 28, 2025

A silver- and black-colored humanoid robot grasps an orange with a mechanical hand. Three people stand behind the robot taking photos.

Are we truly on the verge of the humanoid robot revolution?

August 27, 2025

closeup of a peacock feather that resembles an eye

How seeing the new color ‘olo’ opens the realm of vision science

August 18, 2025

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

A stroke stole her ability to speak. Eighteen years later, scientists used AI to bring it back.

August 13, 2025

A camera trap photo shows a gray wolf walking along a path in the woods, carrying a small black pup in its mouth.

Pups in tow, Yellowstone-area wolves trek long distances to stay near prey

August 1, 2025

A furry brown bat hangs upside down from a piece of fruit.

UC Berkeley scientists uncover neural mechanisms behind long-term memory

July 9, 2025

A group of students sits in a large yellow disposal bin that is filled with small twigs and branches. The bin is on a hilly street next to a white house.

Wildfire season is here. UC Berkeley scholars are helping Bay Area communities prepare.

July 9, 2025

An illustration shows a ring of small purple particles, representing disease proteins, sitting on a surface. The ring is partially covered by a droplet of liquid containing enlarged cartoons of plasmonic particles.

From COVID to cancer, new at-home test spots disease with startling accuracy

July 8, 2025

closeup of a peacock feather that resembles an eye

Berkeley Voices: How seeing a new color stretches the limits of human perception - Audio

May 26, 2025

Nine students stand outside on the UC Berkeley campus, with the campanile visible in the background.

This university alliance is training students to strengthen tribal food, energy and water systems

May 22, 2025

circular cutouts of three women and three men, arranged in two rows of three each, against a blue background

Six UC Berkeley faculty elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

April 28, 2025

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

Berkeley Voices: A stroke left her ‘locked in.’ With the help of AI, she heard her voice again. - Audio

April 28, 2025

Scientists trick the eye into seeing new color ‘olo’

April 22, 2025

A new electric train at the Caltrain San Francisco station.

Electric trains are quieter, more reliable than diesel. New study finds they’re healthier, too.

April 16, 2025