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NASA's new space telescope uses its high-resolution spectrometer to find hydrogen peroxide around Ganymede's poles and sulfur monoxide emerging from Io's volcanos

A new study finds that Earth's ecosystems absorb approximately one-third of anthropogenic carbon emissions annually, a capability that UC Berkeley researchers say would be threatened by continued global change

To avoid legal challenges, the Biden administration did not include racial demographics in a tool used to identify disadvantaged communities for government investments

The new movie Oppenheimer focuses on the Manhattan Project and its aftermath. But before that, Oppenheimer turned UC Berkeley into the U.S. center of theoretical physics

UC Berkeley researchers analyzed motion-sensor camera photos collected before and after the Mendocino Complex Fire and found that many species were remarkably resistant to the impacts of the historic blaze

A new SETI technique developed by Breakthrough Listen researchers filters out Earth interference to focus on extraterrestrial signals only

“These synchronized brain waves act like a finger that flicks the first domino to start an associated chain reaction from the brain, down to the heart, and then out to alter the body’s regulation of blood sugar."

Using highly porous MOFs, chemist Omar Yaghi has developed a portable water harvester that can pull drinkable water from the air using only the power of sunlight

Several groups around the world are reporting evidence that the cosmos is filled with a background of gravitational waves that is slowly stretching and compressing spacetime

Can you create an antivenom in time to stop a green plague from taking over the world? VENOMventure - aVENENOtura is a fun game for any family, thanks to UCMP.

Lizards and birds have several bones in their lower jaw, yet mammals evolved to have only one. Did that give mammals a survival advantage?

Flowers and even your backyard feeder are likely providing hummingbirds with alcohol, thanks to the omnipresence of fermenting yeast that turn sugar into ethanol

New study highlights the growing “threat from below” as climate change raises coastal groundwater levels

A cutting-edge experiment by Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley chemists has revealed the quantum dynamics of one of nature’s essential processes

An effort led by UC Berkeley scientists aims to retool the ribosomal machine to make far more than proteins. Their goal is totally new polymers with novel building blocks.

NASA's solar probe has gotten close enough to the sun's surface — 13 million miles — to see granular features not visible from afar

In bite-sized episodes, this weekly podcast by UC Berkeley’s Center for Law, Energy and Environment steers away from climate doom and zeros in on what can be done

While pachycephalosaurs are known for their bowling-ball shaped domes, they likely had more elaborate structures atop the dome that have not been preserved with the fossil skulls

Scientists have had a hard time determining which primitive animal first branched off from the animal family tree: a sponge or a comb jelly. The favored candidate has been knocked off its pedestal.

Valentine, who died at the age of 96, looked at the ecology in Earth's ancient seas to understand the rise and diversification of animals 700 million years ago