Berkeley study finds vaccinating elders saves most lives, most years
A UC Berkeley study published Thursday found that vaccinating elders saves both the most lives and the most years of life.
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Category Archives: Research & Ideas
A Berkeley law center publishes book on the global #MeToo movement
When Tarana Burke started the #MeToo movement in 2017, it spread all over the globe, spurring mountains of discussion about sexual violence and harassment, including at UC Berkeley.
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Researchers find new species, evidence of early primates during late Cretaceous Period
In 2003, Greg Wilson Mantilla was examining fossils from Hell Creek, Montana, ultimately resulting in the identification of a new species, Purgatorius mckeeveri.
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Haas School of Business report finds Californians pay up to triple for cost of producing electricity
A report published Tuesday from the Energy Institute at Haas found that Californians pay up to triple for what it costs to produce electricity.
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UC Berkeley report finds higher wages may not lead to business closures
The UC Berkeley Food Labor Research Center and One Fair Wage, or OFW, released a report analyzing how a higher minimum wage impacts the ability of small businesses and restaurants to stay open during the pandemic.
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UC Berkeley report shows COVID-19 impact on early child care workers
For Kyra Swenson, an infant and childhood educator, returning to work during the COVID-19 pandemic was not an option. She added that she felt unsafe in the classroom due to insufficient public health guidance.
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Rising COVID-19 infections may lead to herd immunity, UC Berkeley professor says
As COVID-19 vaccinations become more widespread and cases continue to drop nationwide, the end to the pandemic may be in sight.
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Researchers publish recommendations for recalculating social cost of carbon
A team of international researchers published a set of eight recommendations for recalculating the social carbon cost, an estimation of the future cost of each ton of carbon dioxide emitted.
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Atlas maps 1.3M binary stars using Gaia space observatory data
Astronomers created a 3D atlas mapping over a million widely separated binary stars using new data from the Gaia space observatory.
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Berkeley Lab contributes to report for US fusion, plasma science research
Two years in the making, a report adopted by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, or FESAC, establishes a plan for the next decade of fusion and plasma science research.
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