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Maria Astolfi, a doctoral student from Manaus in the Amazon, standing in front of a soapbark tree outside Wheeler Hall on the UC Berkeley campus. (Photo by Robert Sanders / UC Berkeley)

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

05/06/25 — Maria Astolfi (Ph.D.’26 BioE) is working toward a new type of partnership with indigenous peoples to create a more ethical bioeconomy

Household drinking water identified as key pathway for bacterial transmission

05/05/25 — Research points to effective strategies for protecting community health

Two Berkeley engineers elected to National Academy of Sciences

05/02/25 — Robert Ritchie and Daniel Kammen recognized for their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research

Sayeef Salahuddin named to NSTC Technical Advisory Board

05/01/25 — NSTC: EECS professor will help shape the National Semiconductor Technology Center Research Agenda, advance U.S.-led innovation and economic and national security

EECS professor Dawn Song elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

04/28/25 — Organization recognizes leaders from across disciplines and engages them in meeting the nation’s challenges

Podcast: ‘Locked in’ stroke survivor hears her voice again with help from AI

04/28/25 — Researchers describe using a brain-computer interface to restore Ann Johnson’s ability to speak

Illustration of Lactobacillus bacteria, capsule-shaped and shown in purple against blue background.

The not-so-secret life of gut bacteria

04/28/25 — Computational modeling gives us a peek inside these important microbial communities

Ribbon cutting for the Grimes Engineering Center

UC Berkeley celebrates opening of Grimes Engineering Center

04/22/25 — New campus hub fosters a dynamic culture of collaboration, inclusivity and innovation

UC Berkeley scientists trick the eye into seeing new color ‘olo’

04/22/25 — Innovative technique provides new insight into the nature of color vision and vision loss

Civil and environmental engineering professor Joshua Apte and postdoc Sam Cliff take air quality measurements aboard diesel trains, which are in the process of being replaced by new electric trains at San Francisco Caltrain Station.

Electric trains quieter, more reliable — and healthier, study finds

04/16/25 — Electrifying SF Bay Area’s Caltrain line was shown to reduce riders’ exposure to carcinogenic black carbon by an average of 89%

Shot of more than 20 people in a room wearing clean suits. The people are listening to a person talking and pointing to the right.

UC Berkeley’s Marvell NanoLab gets high-tech boost with Lam Research gift

04/16/25 — Sophisticated etching system enables atomic-scale precision for next-generation chips

Runner tying her shoe next to a bottle of water.

Don’t sweat it!

04/15/25 — Wearable sweat sensor can track your hydration status during physical and mental activities

UC Berkeley’s McLaughlin Hall in Berkeley, Calif. on Thursday, July 30, 2020. (Photo by Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering)

Berkeley Engineering ranked No. 3 grad program in the nation by U.S. News

04/07/25 — Berkeley remains top public engineering program

A male patient arrives at the therapy clinic complaining of low back pain. The therapist examines the patient

Researchers explore connections between chronic low back pain and movement

04/03/25 — UCSF/UC Berkeley study aims to make progress toward individualized treatments

Ashmita Kumar, UC Berkeley M.E.T. student.

Ashmita Kumar’s startup aims to detect signs of stroke and save lives

03/31/25 — Using AI and an iPhone, Berkeley EECS student seeks to improve stroke health care

Yunsup Lee holding RISC V prototype chip.

‘RISC architecture is gonna change everything’

03/31/25 — Wired: David Patterson, CS professor emeritus and inventor of RISC, explains how words from the 1995 movie Hackers may hold true today

Closeup of gloved hands connecting a brain-computer-interface to the back of research participant

Brain-to-voice neuroprosthesis restores naturalistic speech

03/31/25 — AI-based model streams intelligible speech from the brain in real time

Macro shot of white insect-sized drone held in fingertips of a UC Berkeley researcher.

Berkeley engineers create world’s smallest wireless flying robot

03/28/25 — The bumblebee-inspired robot, less than a centimeter in diameter, can hover, change directions and even hit small targets.

Phillip Messersmith, professor of bioengineering at UC Berkeley.

Phillip Messersmith named fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science

03/27/25 — BioE professor honored for 'distinguished contributions' in wet biological adhesion and biologically inspired materials

Dan Garcia receives Distinguished Teaching Award

03/20/25 — EECS teaching professor recognized with campus's highest honor for teaching excellence