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UC Berkeley’s Omar Yaghi shares 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry

Yaghi created a field called reticular chemistry, which involves stitching together molecular building blocks to form porous structures — metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) — with myriad applications.

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UC wins 5 Nobel Prizes in 3 days — and sets a new world record

These discoveries span decades and disciplines, but they all have one important thing in common: They’ve all relied on competitive funding from the federal government.

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A chimpanzee in a fig tree, looking down at the camera
UC Berkeley |

Liquid lunch? Wild chimps likely ingest the equivalent of several alcoholic drinks daily

A survey of the alcohol content of fruits eaten regularly by African chimps shows that their diet could deliver 14 grams of ethanol a day. Given their body size, that's nearly two cocktails' worth.
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UC Newsroom |

UC alumni launch more companies than graduates from anywhere else in the world

Six University of California campuses are among the top 100 universities for entrepreneurship globally, with UC Berkeley claiming the No. 1 spot for the third year in a row.
A robotic arm hovers over a computer screen showing brainwaves as a stack of tiny lines.
UC Newsroom |

Thrilling progress in brain-computer interfaces from UC labs

UC researchers and the patients they work with are showing the world what's possible when the human mind and advanced computers meet.
Two people in lab coats work in a lab together
UC Newsroom |

The University of California leads the nation in academic research, new ranking finds

UC San Diego and UC Berkeley lead the way for public university research, with eight UC campuses total among the top 30 influential and impactful public research institutions.
Laughing man in magneta jacket and mustache while pasta chips fall around him
UC Davis |

UC Davis alum Joe Sasto is a rebel in the kitchen

The ‘Top Chef’ and Food Network star invites culinarians to break the rules in his first cookbook.
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UCLA |

Is UCLA close to ending peanut allergies?

A first-of-its-kind technology, recently featured in Scientific American, can reprogram the immune systems of mice to tolerate peanut proteins.
Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos headshots in a collage
UC Berkeley |

The ultra-rich are different from you and me. Their tax rates are lower.

In an innovative new research paper, UC Berkeley economists found that the total effective tax rates paid by the 400 richest Americans have declined sharply in recent years.
Then-Berkeley Lab Director Edwin McMillan, left, and Bevatron Group Leader Ed Lofgren, stand atop the 7-feet-thick concrete shielding at the remodeled Bevatron in this 1963 photo.
UC Newsroom |

How the US became a science superpower

America's leadership "isn't some fixed, unchanging feature of the scientific landscape," says one UC historian.
Well-dressed woman without hair on her head from chemotherapy looks into the distance
UC San Diego |

‘We’re not a line item’—a patient’s plea to protect research funding

Now on her third course of chemotherapy, Kimberly Peters understands firsthand the impact of medical research cuts. This time, she’s speaking up.
Students walk in front of a large building with two towers, Royce Hall, on the UC campus as evening begins to fall
UC Newsroom |

University of California is the best public university in the country, Forbes finds

The 2026 America’s Top Colleges list features an all-UC top 3 and eight campuses in the top 30 for producing successful, low-debt graduates.
A researcher holds a wifi device in front of a laptop that displays heart rate information.
UC Santa Cruz |

WiFi signals can measure heart rate — no wearables needed

Engineers prove their technique is effective even with the lowest-cost WiFi devices.
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UC Santa Barbara |

Video game addiction in teens likely stems from preexisting mental health issues

Teens who have depressive symptoms and social issues are more likely to get stuck in a cycle of problematic gaming.