It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a... black hole shredding a massive star? New findings point to this unexpected origin. news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/16/w...

🎧Berkeley Talks: How did early immigration laws target women? UC Berkeley historians unpack how the 1875 Page Act shaped downstream immigration and gender policy. news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/12/b...

Instead of staring at paintings, what if you stepped inside them? UC Berkeley alum Sarah Cain creates art to break them out of their preciousness. news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/10/c...

From meetings to parties, some people miss cues others notice instantly. UC Berkeley researchers reveal what influences how we “read the room.” news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/16/n...

From dorm move-ins to mentorship, UC Berkeley’s Hope Scholars program has spent 20 years leveling the playing field for students from foster care and other nontraditional backgrounds. news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/16/f...

Why is housing so expensive—and why is it so hard to fix? UC Berkeley's @ternerhousing.bsky.social Managing Director Ben Metcalf breaks down the housing crisis and solutions in just 101 seconds. news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/11/t...

Research in Filipa Rijo-Ferrera’s lab at #UCBerkeley shows both #parasites and their #mosquito hosts share #circadian rhythms that time biting and transmissibility. Targeting these internal clocks may offer a new path to reducing #malaria and other mosquito-borne illnesses. bit.ly/4q3El9s

From heartbreak to racism to personal truth, storytelling in pop lyrics has evolved, largely thanks to hip-hop's rise in popularity. UC Berkeley researchers analyzed over 5,000 @billboard.com Hot 100 hits to map the evolution of music over the past 60 years. news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/12/f...

The Amazon may be entering a climate state Earth hasn’t seen in millions of years. Research led by UC Berkeley scientists identifies a shift toward hypertropical conditions with major ecological consequences. news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/10/a...

Ana Claudia Arias and Tahir Ghani, both faculty members in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, have been elected to the National Academy of Inventors! The honor, awarded to 185 inductees this year, marks the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors.

When corporations say they are “doing good,” who checks if that’s true? This episode of 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘸 features a special guest — Professor Andrew C. Baker. https://youtube.com/shorts/4k-Rch-QyZw?feature=share #ItstheLaw #BerkeleyLaw

Bone fractures, fetal surgery, intestinal healing—@berkeleyengineer.bsky.social researchers are pushing boundaries by drawing on natural solutions to drive breakthroughs in surgery and tissue repair. engineering.berkeley.edu/news/2025/11...

Researchers from @BerkeleyHaas analyzed decades of PGA Tour data and found that athletes performed measurably worse when grouped with players of opposing political views. The implications extend far beyond sports. newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/research/sur...

Can you detect "AI video slop?" Even experts get duped, Prof. Hany Farid tells @npr.org. Take their quiz to see if you can tell the real from the fake, then read the full article for tips on how to spot the slop. 🔗: https://www.npr.org/2025/11/30/nx-s1-5610951/fake-ai-videos-slop-quiz

A new series in "The Lancet", led by a UC Berkeley professor, equips policymakers and clinicians with a toolkit to break out of silos and make more informed health decisions. news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/04/b...

🎧 Berkeley Talks: For Nobel laureate Randy Schekman, it began with pond scum and a toy microscope. Hear more in his podcast on Berkeley News. news.berkeley.edu/2025/11/28/b...

In a new study, UC Berkeley researchers show that one microorganism can live with a bit of ambiguity in its genetic code, overturning a standard dogma of biology. news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/01/a...

The most violent U.S. regions — Appalachia, the Deep South and the old frontier states — are still deeply marked by a Wild West, stand-your-ground ethos, says a new study co-authored at UC Berkeley. news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/02/w...

In her new book, UC Berkeley researcher Nina Beguš explores how art, history and literature provide a window into AI development, revealing a hopeful — and cautionary — path forward for humanity. news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/01/h...

The civil rights icon and former federal judge Thelton Henderson was a witness to the violent efforts to block Black people from voting in the 1960s South. Today, he says, some want to turn back the clock. news.berkeley.edu/2025/11/24/t...

Commissioning of NASA's twin ESCAPADE spacecraft, currently operated by @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social and @rocketlabcorp.com, is proceeding smoothly. ESCAPADE snapped this selfie in visible and infrared light. 👇 ssl.berkeley.edu/escapade-sen...

Producing hydrogen to fuel heavy transport and industry is energy intensive and expensive. A Berkeley chemist has overcome one roadblock to producing low-cost, green hydrogen from water and electricity. news.berkeley.edu/2025/11/24/h...

A future without chocolate seems almost unimaginable. But according to UC Berkeley’s Brian Staskawicz, it is a very real possibility. Learn more in this thread.🧵

Two years ago, a novel analysis by UC Berkeley researchers pointed to comb jellies as the root of the animal tree of life. Another Berkeley group now says it’s sponges. news.berkeley.edu/2025/11/19/d...

A two decade long experiment in the Sierra Nevada found that regular prescribed burns promote carbon sequestration in live trees and plants, maintaining forests’ long-term ability to store carbon while also reducing wildfire hazard. news.berkeley.edu/2025/11/17/p...

Tens of thousands of U.S. veterans never made it home. This UC Berkeley archaeologist is working to speed up efforts to recover them. news.berkeley.edu/2025/11/07/h...

For decades, Sally McLendon worked with Indigenous communities to document and learn about their languages. After her death, her notes and tapes were transported to the California Language Archive on campus, where they are accessible for others to learn from. news.berkeley.edu/2025/11/06/2...

Cuts to UC Berkeley’s Educational Talent Search — a federal TRIO program — jeopardize work that for decades has helped Bay Area teens navigate their college and career options. news.berkeley.edu/2025/11/03/u...

A study from UC Berkeley neuroscientists shows that when zebra finches hear the call of another zebra finch, they have a mental representation of its meaning — categorizing calls similar to how humans hear and group them. news.berkeley.edu/2025/11/04/f...

How Berkeley changed everything for John Cho — from landing his first role to discovering what it means to be Asian American. news.berkeley.edu/2025/11/04/t...

Galen Sheely, a postdoctoral fellow whose research focuses on election administration, redistricting and democratic institutions, answers five questions on Prop 50 and California’s redistricting debate with @goldmanschool.bsky.social. gspp.berkeley.edu/research-and...

There’s a famous quote attributed to the eminent scientist Richard Feynman: “What I cannot create, I do not understand.”  Those eight words are a driving force for Patrick Shih, an associate professor of Plant and Microbial Biology at UC Berkeley.

A new study from Berkeley researchers provides evidence that chimpanzees can rationally revise their beliefs when presented with new information. ls.berkeley.edu/news/new-psy...

A new study by UC Berkeley and Emory University biologists and physicists suggests that parasitic worms rely on static electricity to find prey in midair. news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/29/p...

Two Nobel Prizes in one week. Research in chemistry, physics, AI and engineering that is regularly inspiring startups to solve the world’s most pressing problems. UC Berkeley ranked No. 1 for three straight years in startups founded, surpassing Stanford, Harvard and MIT.

Data shows that higher education is still worth it. The average @uofcalifornia.bsky.social bachelor’s degree holder earns about $125,000 a year. But students who go on to pursue a graduate degree make even more, with UC Berkeley standing out in several categories.

Alumni Todd Roberts and Owen Kent first developed Reflex, their robotic rehabilitation device, in a UC Berkeley course. Now, six years later, they’re launching it through their company, ATDev, which aims to bring high-quality rehabilitation into the home. engineering.berkeley.edu/news/2025/10...

Omar Yaghi grew up in Amman, Jordan, where he was responsible for collecting fresh drinking water. "I learned that water is precious," he said. Those experiences laid the foundation for his work developing MOFs that have revolutionized chemistry, and earned him the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

As the curator of UC Berkeley’s Salz Collection of Stringed Instruments, Carla Shapreau traces the rich histories of treasured, centuries-old violins and connects them to the next generation of musicians. news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/17/t...

At Philomathia Day last week, @berkeleyhaas.bsky.social Professor Jonathan Weigel was honored as the 2025 Philomathia Prize recipient. His research and work in the Democratic Republic of the Congo aims to reimagine state building in developing countries. Congratulations, Professor Weigel!

By partnering with the community, UC Berkeley researchers conducted a sweeping survey of California farmworkers on their experience working during wildfires. news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/20/m...

Edward Miguel, the son of immigrants from Uruguay and Poland, knew early on that his life in the U.S. was different from his family around the world.  As faculty co-director of @cega-uc.bsky.social and a professor of economics, he’s figuring out how to improve the lives the poorest people on earth.

In case you missed it, two bears were spotted in the New York Times on Sunday. Proud to celebrate John Clarke and Omar Yaghi, our newest Nobel laureates whose work demonstrates the power of fundamental research. Congratulations to these extraordinary scientists!

According to the nonprofit organization Freedom House, nearly 40% of people live in countries where democracy is eroding. In a new report, researchers identify six key ways authoritarians use gender as a way to entrench their own power. news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/16/g...

🎉 Exciting News! 🎉 We’re thrilled to share that Michael C. Lu, Dean of #UCBerkeley School of #PublicHealth, has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine @nam.edu in recognition of his groundbreaking work in addressing maternal & child #HealthDisparities. bit.ly/43l9A74

From wildfire preparedness in Berkeley to clean drinking water in the Central Valley, UC Berkeley researchers are working alongside communities to find solutions to problems affecting California residents. The results are already changing lives.

The Abundance Accelerator initiative at UC Berkeley is bridging left-vs.-right conflict to focus on housing, childcare, medical care and other troubling shortages. “We call ourselves data-driven idealists,” says leader Amy E. Lerman. news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/16/a...

ICYMI, professor emeritus John Clarke shared the Nobel Prize in physics with John Martinis and Michel Devoret, who worked alongside Clarke at Cal. In chemistry, Professor Omar Yaghi was recognized for developing metal-organic frameworks. Yaghi is our 28th faculty member who has won a Nobel Prize.

UC Berkeley researchers have created a 3D printer that works in zero gravity, potentially giving astronauts the power to create replacement parts on the fly.

CA Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed a bill encouraging quantum innovation, positioning the UC Berkeley campus as a leader in the race to establish California and the Bay Area as a center of an emerging economy. news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/03/g...