Science & environment

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Research

How UC Berkeley research is turning waste wood into green buildings

A partnership between the Berkeley Wood Lab and Mad River Mass Timber is transforming small-diameter trees into dowel-laminated timber, a carbon-sequestering building material that could decarbonize the construction industry.

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Campus & community

Despite budget threats, UC Berkeley invests in six new tenure-track Asian American and Pacific Islands specialists

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Research

Penguins are rewriting the social rules of Patagonian pumas

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Research

Why are Tatooine planets rare? Blame general relativity.

From quantum theory to the modern laser: Why ‘basic science’ is the foundation of innovation

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For 21 years, enthusiasts used their home computers to search for ET. UC Berkeley scientists are homing in on 100 signals they found.

Rewriting the code: The inside story of the first CRISPR cure

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Astronomers see fireworks from violent collisions around nearby star

The surprising ecological benefits of cows

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New open-source modeling tool helps countries achieve environmental goals

A new ‘hypertropical’ climate is emerging in the Amazon

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Strange ‘space plastic’ found on asteroid Bennu

Randy Schekman sits in a chair in an empty classroom with an illustration of a yeast bud cell drawn in chalk on the blackboard behind him

Berkeley Talks: For Nobel laureate Randy Schekman, it began with pond scum and a toy microscope

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For UC Berkeley engineer Phillip Messersmith, nature provides a blueprint for healing

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How UC Berkeley is improving the affordability of hydrogen fuel

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Did the first animal look like a sponge or a comb jelly? The debate continues.

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