UC Berkeley project publishes list of Bay Area cities ranked by severity of segregation
The UC Berkeley Othering and Belonging Institute recently published a report ranking 101 Bay Area cities from most to least segregated.
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Category Archives: Research & Ideas
Bay Area researchers find Alzheimer’s disease diagnostic technique
Researchers looked at 274 unique brain scans to develop a new method to diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease, the leading cause of dementia, in live patients.
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Researchers at UC Berkeley’s Cannabis Research Center receive $4.6M in grants
On Nov. 13, the California Bureau of Cannabis Control awarded researchers at UC Berkeley’s Cannabis Research Center $4.6 million in grants, which will support research in areas including the environmental impacts of cannabis.
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5 UC Berkeley researchers elected fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Science
Five UC Berkeley researchers were elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS, for their contributions to a range of scientific fields.
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Researchers develop method for extracting copper from wastewater
An international team of researchers, including Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, or Berkeley Lab, researchers, has created a crystalline structure that can trap copper ions in wastewater.
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UC Berkeley researcher Cara Brook awarded L’Oréal For Women in Science fellowship
UC Berkeley researcher Cara Brook, a specialist in bat-borne viruses, was awarded a $60,000 L’Oréal For Women in Science fellowship.
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Sending school-based body mass index reports home is ineffective, study says
A study conducted by researchers in the UC Berkeley School of Public Health has found that sending body mass index, or BMI, reports taken at school to parents is ineffective in improving student weight status.
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UC Berkeley researchers find zebra finches have high-capacity auditory memory
A study by UC Berkeley researchers discovered that zebra finches can quickly memorize the individual sounds of up to 50 other birds of their kind.
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UC Berkeley researchers find increasing minimum wage reduces ‘deaths of despair’
A study led by the UC Berkeley School of Public Health found increasing minimum wage and earned income tax credit, or EITC, can reduce deaths due to suicide, drug overdose and alcohol, known as “deaths of despair.”
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UC Berkeley researchers create artificial intelligence to grasp, move objects
UC Berkeley researchers created a new artificial intelligence, or AI, software that gives robots the ability to grasp and move objects smoothly, making it possible for them to eventually assist in warehouses.
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