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New 3D printer shapes objects with rays of light

Man being arrested, and Rebecca Sorla Portnoff at a computer

Activism 2.0: Coding against sex trafficking

A grey robot with a suction gripper on one arm and a claw gripper on the other is poised above a container of objects.

‘Ambidextrous’ robots can learn to pick up anything

vocal bursts map

Gasp! First audio map of oohs, aahs and uh-ohs spans...

February 4, 2019

A solar energy panel on a rooftop in Berkeley, California

Who benefits from the solar energy revolution?

January 10, 2019

Minority Ph.D. students in STEM fare better...

January 9, 2019

graphic of human body showing tumor in liver

Drug sponge could minimize side effects of cancer...

January 9, 2019

A grey-colored sits on an illustration of a brain

Wireless ‘pacemaker for the brain’ could be new...

December 31, 2018

Artificial intelligence and laptop

Advancement of artificial intelligence opens health...

December 21, 2018

An illustration shows hydrogen gas bubbling off of a sheet of metal carbide

Researchers use jiggly Jell-O to make...

December 13, 2018

Beverly Alexander and Brian Steel

Cleantech to Market celebrates 10 years of success

November 30, 2018

Side-by-side portraits of Allen Goldstein, Sung-Huo Kim and Katherin Yelick

Three faculty members elected AAAS fellows

November 27, 2018

Jennifer Doudna

CRISPR co-inventor responds to claim of first...

November 26, 2018

A 3D representation of a magnetic resonance imaging scan, showing areas in the front and rear of the brain lit up.

Playing high school football changes the teenage...

November 15, 2018

A thin, flexible electronic board, lit-up with red and infrared lights, and approximately three inches wide by three inches wide, is held above a person's forearm.

Skin-like sensor maps blood-oxygen levels anywhere...

November 7, 2018

image of attack on convoy captured online

Activism 2.0: Can social media be used to solve war...

November 5, 2018

Holographic images are superimposed over an illustration of a car dashboard.

Turning cars into robot traffic managers

November 2, 2018

A hand holding an iPhone in snowy weather

Thermal ‘earmuffs’ protect cell phone...

October 29, 2018

A close-up view of a shiny etched silicon wafer

Berkeley computer theorists show path to verifying...

October 29, 2018