Science & environment

Berkeley Talks: Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna on CRISPR and the future of gene editing

“We're in an era of programmable genome editing," says the UC Berkeley professor of chemistry and of molecular and cell biology. “It's really exciting to see all the possible applications of this."

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Research

Wing-like fans on the feet of ripple bugs inspire a novel propulsion system for miniature robots

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Research

Scientists hack microbes to identify environmental sources of methane

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Research

Is the ‘love hormone,’ oxytocin, also the ‘friendship hormone’?

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

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Three standout stories uncovered by the California Local News Fellowship

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.

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Pioneering theoretical physicist Mary K. Gaillard has died at 86

Jack Tseng stands on the second floor of the Valley Life Sciences Building looking down on a replica of a T. rex

A T. rex with feathers? Scientists say dinosaurs were likely different from what most of us picture

a line of Indian women in colorful saris, with their children

Scientists complete the most thorough analysis yet of India’s genetic diversity

An aerial view of golden yellow wheat fields

Climate change cuts global crop yields, even when farmers adapt

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Berkeley Talks: Energy justice expert on his pursuit for affordable and clean energy for all

woman plants spring transplants at a small-scale farm in Pottstown, Pennsylvania

Berkeley Talks: A debate on how to feed the world without ‘eating the earth’

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Leinweber Foundation and UC Berkeley establish $18 million endowment to fund theoretical physics research

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

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

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