Research & Ideas

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, children stopped going to child care centers and their workers no longer had a source of income; child care programs that had been open for years or even decades were forced to shut down. 

A UC Berkeley chemistry study trained ChatGPT to process large amounts of scientific information related to chemical synthesis and store them in databases.

Researchers engineered infinitely renewable plastics called poly(diketoenamine), or PDK, for the first time using bio-based ingredients.

On July 27, UC Berkeley professor Alison Gopnik was making a speech over Zoom to leading cognitive scientists from all over the world, accepting the Rumelhart Prize.

Social housing has been gaining momentum recently: AB 309 was one of three social housing bills discussed this past year.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit will co-lead the Circular Bioeconomy Innovation Collaborative to establish a bioindustrial manufacturing hub in Northern San Joaquin Valley.

The widespread use of generative artificial intelligence, or AI, is raising significant copyright concerns that could threaten the future and legality of this new technology, according to a recent study conducted by Berkeley Law professor Pamela Samuelson. 

Researchers from UC Berkeley have discovered a new species of millipede in California. 

A new field of chemistry developed by UC Berkeley researchers, dubbed “reticular chemistry” by campus professor of chemistry Omar Yaghi, has led to the creation of a water harvester. These harvesters are capable of extracting drinkable water from the air via ambient sunlight anywhere in the world — even Death Valley — a study by Nature Water reveals.

The emotional impact of diagnoses can alter a patient’s ability to maintain their cognitive autonomy due to increased levels of stress and anxiety, according to a paper by UC Berkeley professor of bioethics Dr. Jodi Halpern.