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Research & Ideas

Sunday, October 4, 2020

California Policy Lab receives $2M National Science Foundation grant

Evan White and Jesse Rothstein
From left to right: Evan White, Jesse Rothstein

In an effort to promote research in policy and social science, the National Science Foundation, or NSF, awarded the California Policy Lab, or CPL, a four-year, $2 million grant.
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Research & Ideas

Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Greenland Ice Sheet

Researchers link global cooling to emergence of islands in Southeast Asia

While global warming remains at the forefront of the minds of many, researchers from UC Berkeley and other institutions took a closer look at the driving forces of global cooling in a study published Thursday.
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Research & Ideas

Friday, August 28, 2020
Photo of a field of crops on a hillside

UC Berkeley researchers work in UC Davis-led food systems research center

A team of UC Berkeley researchers is working in the AI Institute for Next Generation Food Systems, a new $20 million center led by UC Davis.
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Research & Ideas

Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Photo of ultra-dense neutron stars

UC Berkeley-led international astrophysics research collaboration awarded $10.9M

The Network in Neutrinos, Nuclear Astrophysics and Symmetries, or N3AS, an international research collaboration directed by UC Berkeley physics professor Wick Haxton, was awarded $10.9 million over five years by the National Science Foundation, or NSF.
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Research & Ideas

Monday, August 17, 2020
Photo of UC Berkeley lab.

UC Berkeley researchers motivated by society, personal interests, scientific community

Campus faculty members have a lot of freedom in deciding what to research, but there are mechanisms in place to promote quality science.
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Research & Ideas

Monday, August 10, 2020
uc berkeley bio-preservation nsf center

UC Berkeley researchers receive grant for biopreservation research, center establishment

UC Berkeley researchers won a National Science Foundation award Aug. 4 of $26 million over the next five years to fund a new center for biopreservation research.
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Research & Ideas

Wednesday, July 22, 2020
UC Berkeley will be leading a $25 million Quantum Computing Center.

UC Berkeley receives $25M grant for quantum computing research

UC Berkeley received a $25 million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a multiuniversity initiative aiming to develop and understand quantum computing.
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Campus

Monday, July 6, 2020
UC Berkeley campus with view of the Bay

UC Berkeley receives $20M to establish chemistry innovation center

UC Berkeley was awarded a five-year, $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a Center for Genetically Encoded Materials.
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Research & Ideas

Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Lawrence Lab

‘Fighting for survival’: Outdoor education programs at risk because of COVID-19

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 11 million students are at risk of losing access to outdoor education if shelter-in-place policies remain until Dec. 31, according to a recent study published by the Lawrence Hall of Science.
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Research & Ideas

Thursday, June 11, 2020
UC Berkeley researcher inspects rocks as part of study on Permian extinction

Researchers find new timeline data for end-Permian extinction

A team of international researchers uncovered data through geological studies suggesting that the previously held timeline for the end-Permian mass extinction is in need of reworking.
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