ICYMI, last week, professor emeritus John Clarke shared the Nobel Prize in physics with John Martinis and Michel Devoret, who worked alongside Clarke researching quantum tunneling while at Cal. And for chemistry, Professor Omar Yaghi was recognized for his work in developing

From meetings to parties, some people miss cues others notice instantly. UC Berkeley researchers reveal what influences how we “read the room.”

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.

Why is housing so expensive—and why is it so hard to fix? UC Berkeley's @TernerHousing Managing Director Ben Metcalf breaks down the housing crisis and solutions in just 101 seconds.

What if malaria isn’t random, but timed? UC Berkeley researchers are studying how parasites and mosquitoes follow daily rhythms—and how disrupting them could stop disease.

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 Hot 100 hits to map the evolution of music over the past 60 years.

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.

Congratulations to Professors Arias and Ghani on their elections! The honor is the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors.

Bone fractures, fetal surgery, intestinal healing—@Cal_Engineer researchers are pushing boundaries by drawing on natural solutions to drive breakthroughs in surgery and tissue repair.

Excellemt summary Lukas. Like @DynaRobotics and @SundayRobotics, @AmbiRobotics is led by a brilliant team of roboticists and engineers laser-focused on building systems that work efficiently in the real world to capture avalanches of real robot data for learning.

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.

1/5: New research highlights data and trends in home insurance costs for California homeowners. It finds that insurance challenges are most acute for some of the state’s vulnerable homeowners, including those living in mobile homes or high-risk locations. https://t.co/tKnchdPefQ

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🎧Berkeley Voices: At a time when information about LGBTQ people and their histories are being erased from public view, students are documenting them in the world’s largest encyclopedia.

Can you detect "AI video slop?" Even experts get duped, Prof. Hany Farid tells @NPR. 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://t.co/bzygminnHi

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.

Welcome back to Bear Territory, @coachlup #GoBears

🎧 Berkeley Talks: For Nobel laureate Randy Schekman, it began with pond scum and a toy microscope. Hear more in his podcast on Berkeley News.

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.

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.