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Research

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

The Leinweber Institute for Theoretical Physics at Berkeley is one of five new centers sharing $90 million, the largest gift ever in the field.

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Mind & body

Are groovy brains more efficient?

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Campus news

Federal appeals court sends CRISPR-Cas9 patent case back to patent office for reconsideration

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Research

Flamingos create water tornados to trap their prey

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Not one, but two massive black holes are eating away at this galaxy

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Planetary scientist Lindy Elkins-Tanton to head Space Sciences Laboratory

James B. Milliken

James B. Milliken named 22nd president of the University of California

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Indigenous knowledge helps biotech find new drugs. This grad student wants those companies to give back.

Scientists trick the eye into seeing new color ‘olo’

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A spate of suicides drew this alumna back to UC Berkeley to confront mental health issues in academia

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

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.

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On Jupiter, it’s mushballs all the way down

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UC Berkeley graduate programs soar to elite status in latest US News rankings

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A single dry winter decimated California’s salmon and trout populations

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UC Berkeley engineers create world’s smallest wireless flying robot

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