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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

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

Researchers at UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco restored Ann Johnson’s ability to speak using a brain-computer interface nearly two decades after she had a brainstem stroke at age 30.

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Artificial leaf uses sunlight to capture carbon and produce valuable chemicals

A profile of a brightly colored peacock head against a red and purple background.

Mind & body

Scientists trick the eye into seeing new color ‘olo’

A person bends over to tie their running shoe, with a water bottle in the foreground.

Research

New wearable sweat sensor can track your hydration status

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.

Closeup of gloved hands connecting a brain-computer-interface to the back of research participant's head.

Streaming brain-to-voice neuroprosthesis restores naturalistic speech

A photo of a small, white, propeller-shaped object that is held between the tips of two fingers. The object is smaller than the width of a fingernail.

UC Berkeley engineers create world’s smallest wireless flying robot

A microscope image shows a collection of grey spheres

Researchers create quantum sensors by mixing diamond dust with water

A headshot of Adam Yala.

UC Berkeley professor Adam Yala is pioneering AI for cancer prediction

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Study finds persistent spike in hate speech on X

A portrait of Michael I. Jordan in his office.

Michael I. Jordan receives Frontiers of Knowledge Award for advances in machine learning

A collage showing headshots of Stuart Russell, Kristin Persson,  David Schaffer, Victoria Coleman and Margaret Torn.

Five UC Berkeley faculty named to National Academy of Engineering

A person is pictured holding their arm above a table. A device is strapped to the back of the person's wrist and hand, and the device is grasping a yellow tennis ball.

New device helps people with spinal cord injuries grasp large, heavy objects

An illustration shows a man being manipulated like a string puppet by a disembodied hand.

Why conspiracies are so popular — and what we can do to stop them

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New Berkeley guide helps business navigate AI ethics 

a black-and-silver robotic arm with a black whip attached has just struck a tower of Jenga blocks. One of the blocks is partially dislodged and about to fall out from the tower.

Using AI, these robots learn complicated skills with startling accuracy

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