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  • An Egyptian fruit bat extends its hand-like wing toward a researcher’s gloved hand.

    Taking flight

    Understanding how bats fly could shed light on how the human brain controls our most complex movements
  • Conceptual illustration of AI chip on circuit board

    A global, hardwired pause of frontier AI training is feasible, says new report

    Scholars from top institutions, including UC Berkeley, have released a study that maps out — and confirms the viability of — such a pause
  • Illustration of a lipid nanoparticle able to switch between positive charge, shown in red, and negative charge, shown in blue.

    Solving a longstanding problem in drug delivery

    Researchers engineer charge-switching lipid nanoparticles that could lead to new mRNA-based therapeutics

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A person holding a small container of water with microplastics floating in it.

Microplastics are chemically active, and could cause biological harm

Columbia University: Researchers found that when microplastics contact water, their surfaces become chemically reactive; it could be how they make us sick
Image of woman with binary code superimposed on her face.

UC Berkeley receives funding from Google.org to accelerate scientific breakthroughs with AI

New research grant will support advancements in medical discovery using AI interpretability and agentic AI techniques
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Electron microscopy image showing new defects forming between neighboring crystals of the niobium-titanium-based alloys, seen as ridges on the material.

New study reveals metal alloys that unexpectedly resist extreme cold, staying tough at -253°C

University of Oxford: This discovery could provide a new strategy for designing metals capable of operating in exceptionally cold environments
NASA letters in white against blue planet and red swoosh.

UC Berkeley faculty speak at NASA lecture series

NASA: Associate provost Victoria Coleman and professor Panos Papadopoulos discuss the longstanding relationship between NASA Ames and UC Berkeley
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Stellar faculty

Our current and emeritus faculty includes 75 members of the National Academy of Engineering.

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For more information the recent federal actions, please visit the UCOP federal updates page and the UC Berkeley federal updates page.

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