Understanding earthquake risk perception
09/01/26 — Virtual simulations spotlight the role human behavior plays in earthquake safety
Health
Berkeley researchers receive ARPA-H award
08/25/26 — Team will receive up to $19.3M in funding to transform lifesaving medical interventions with autonomous robotic surgeries
Inside the ‘concrete battery’
06/23/26 — College of Environmental Design: UC Berkeley researcher Stefano Schiavon exposes lethal heat in Florida prisons
The nose knows: Electric schnoz can smell when your food’s gone bad
06/17/26 — Proof-of-concept device created by UC Berkeley researchers can sniff out gases emitted by harmful bacteria, allergens and other food safety hazards
Ph.D. student develops next-gen electronic nose
06/02/26 — Carla Bassil’s machine learning-assisted device could improve food safety and human health
Microbes with a mission
05/11/26 — Scientists are developing a system that uses probiotics and prebiotics to suppress harmful lung pathogens
When the shaking stops
05/11/26 — Hidden weak spots in urban infrastructure could lead to a healthcare crisis after an earthquake
Straight to the heart
05/11/26 — A heart-on-a-chip model could lead to new advances in treatments for cardiac failure
Reimagining rehabilitation
05/11/26 — Two Berkeley alums have launched a company that offers an at-home robotic rehabilitation device
Researchers teach AI to spot cancer risk by squeezing individual breast cells
04/23/26 — UC Berkeley and City of Hope scientists discover that a cell's mechanical age can effectively signal cancer risk
UC Berkeley and UCSF researchers are using AI to revolutionize medical imaging
04/17/26 — EECS professor Adam Yala’s startup strives to make medical imaging more efficient — and more effective
Organ-on-a-chip technology replicates decades of human aging in just four days
03/25/26 — Rausser College of Natural Resources: New technology could make it easier for researchers to screen longevity therapeutics without waiting years for results
Researchers grow immune cells with more targeted cancer-fighting abilities
03/10/26 — New approach could lead to therapies for a wider range of diseases and with fewer side effects
Building mobility trainers for toddlers
02/20/26 — UC Berkeley students gather at the Jacobs Institute to assemble assistive devices for young children with disabilities
Berkeley engineers among innovators featured on Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ list
02/02/26 — UC Newsroom: Many are leading the way across AI, entrepreneurship, science and more
Using the microbiome to combat lung pathogens
01/13/26 — Novel approach offers a way to stop deadly infections without using antibiotics
Nature provides the answers
11/10/25 — Phillip Messersmith harnesses the natural world to engineer medical innovations
Q+A on neurotechnologies
11/10/25 — Rikky Muller is developing end-to-end devices that are smarter, safer and smaller than ever
A new hue
11/10/25 — Berkeley scientists have developed a technique to manipulate the eye into seeing a brand-new color
From drop to diagnosis
11/10/25 — Researchers have created a rapid, at-home diagnostic test that is 100 times more sensitive to viruses