Technology & engineering

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Research

UC experts explain how the U.S. became a science superpower

Cathryn Carson, chair of Berkeley's history department, and UC Santa Barbara's W. Patrick McCray discuss how the federal government made game-changing investments in scientific research after World War II.

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Humanities

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

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Mind & body

How UC Berkeley engineers are preparing for the next ‘big one’

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

Research

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

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?

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

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.

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Video article

Berserkers to bigfoot: Computational folklore explained in 101 seconds

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UC Berkeley engineers develop energy-efficient sensors that work underwater

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Berkeley computer scientists propose evidence-based AI policies

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Togo and UC Berkeley: A data science alliance to build a dynamic West African nation

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New AI-driven platform creates metamaterials for the real world

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UC Berkeley scientists uncover neural mechanisms behind long-term memory

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.

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

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Video article

Inspired by nature, this engineering professor’s designs fold, move and morph

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