UC Berkeley isn’t just the No. 1 public research university in the nation — it’s a force for the public good. Every discovery we make is built to serve society, from confronting climate change and improving access to clean drinking water to advancing cancer treatments and

From self-folding chairs to self-planting seeds, UC Berkeley’s Morphing Matter Lab is transforming what's possible in engineering design with their biomimetic materials.

At a time when anxiety and threats feel omnipresent, our instinct to react quickly to danger can become unreliable. Political scientist Marika Landau-Wells says there are ways to help us avoid overreacting to false alarms without missing real threats.

RT @BerkeleyCDSS: Researchers at @UCSF and @UCBerkeley, including Ph.D. students in electrical engineering and computer sciences (@Berkeley….

A report from UC Berkeley's Democracy Policy Lab at the @GoldmanSchool finds that Americans are confused about the meaning and practices of democracy and deeply distrustful of public institutions — and each other.

This work doesn’t happen in a vacuum. It’s powered by public funding, private support, and people who know that knowledge and research improve lives. See how Berkeley research is shaping the future: #BrainLikeUCBerkeley🧠 #UCBerkeleyResearchImpact.

RT @Cal_Engineer: Today, Tsu-Jae King Liu steps down as the dean of Berkeley Engineering, the first woman to hold the position in the colle….

RT @PPICNotes: #Fire season has begun, and many Californians are wondering how they can prepare. @PPICWater spoke with @UCBerkeley's Scott….

In 1963, a U.S. tobacco company bought Hawaiian Punch. It marked the beginning of the tobacco industry's entry into the food sector and led to an explosion of hyperpalatable, chemically-engineered foods — and a dramatic rise in obesity.

🎧 #BerkeleyVoices: UC Berkeley paleontologist Jack Tseng explains how new discoveries challenge our long-held beliefs about the world of paleontology.

RT @ucbsoj: 🎥 Celebrating the great Jon Else, longtime director of our documentary program, professor and mentor, who received the Lifetime….

Workers aged 50 to 64 are increasingly driven from the workforce by deteriorating health, age discrimination and caring for elderly family members. Slashing Medicaid funding would threaten their health and well-being, says a UC Berkeley analyst.

RT @UCAdvocacy: Congress is considering drastic cuts to scientific research, and America’s health, security and prosperity hang in the bala….

A team from @Cal_Engineer has developed Berkeley Humanoid Lite, a low-cost, open-source robot made of 3D-printed parts, providing an entry point into the robotics field.

A new analysis of Indian genomes helps untangle these groups’ complex evolutionary history, uncovering a 50,000-year history of genetic mixing and population bottlenecks that shaped genetic variation, health and disease in South Asia.

RT @BerkeleyLaw: Can the president declare a national emergency without limits? In this episode of It’s the Law, Dean Chemerinsky explains….

Kim Voss, a UC Berkeley professor of sociology, says appeals rooted in American values may be more effective today for framing protests.

RT @NatureAtCal: A first-of-its-kind study co-authored by Tamma Carleton, Assistant Professor at @AreBerkeley, shows that the global food s….