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Courtney Dressing, a UC Berkeley professor of astronomy, received a Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering for her research focused on the composition of small planets and the search for other habitable planets.
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UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies conducted a poll which found that 82% of CA voters believe immigrants make the United States a better place.
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Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory published a paper on genetic engineering tools that would make it easier to study microbes. The study focused on chassis-independent recombinase-assisted genome engineering, allowing scientists to examine and modify microbes for multiple purposes.
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NASA launched the Ionospheric Connection Explorer, or ICON, satellite 9:59 p.m. Thursday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, or CCAFS, in Florida.
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Extended Reality at Berkeley held its annual virtual reality experience convention Sunday, with multiple virtual reality companies showcasing their work and allowing the public to share the experience.
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UC Berkeley received a $188,000 in grant money million grant on Monday from the Public Interest Technology University Network, or PIT-UN, a partnership between 21 different universities intended to grow the field of public interest technology.
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Scientists at UC Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory, or SSL, collaborated with researchers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, on a satellite scheduled to launch Wednesday.
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UCSF and UC Berkeley will be opening alliance research and clinical facilities dedicated to studying and spreading awareness of dyslexia and other neurodevelopmental differences due to a $20 million contribution from Charles Schwab, the founder and chairman of the Charles Schwab Corporation.
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This month, UC Berkeley scientists genetically modified fruit flies using CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology, granting the flies immunity to toxic milkweed and allowing them to use the toxins from the milkweed as a defense mechanism against predators.
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The UC system was awarded a patent Tuesday, marking the university’s 16th patent for the CRISPR-Cas9 patent portfolio — the highest number in the country.
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