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UC Berkeley’s Blue and Gold satellites are now flying through Earth’s magnetotail — a first

Launched to Mars in November, NASA’s ESCAPADE probes — operated by UC Berkeley’s Space Sciences Lab — are now testing their instruments in a never-before-visited region of Earth's magnetic field.
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How little we know about our food would surprise you. UC scientists are working to change that — and improve health outcomes across the nation

Leveraging the power of artificial intelligence, scientists at the UC Davis USDA-NIFA AI Institute for Next Generation Food Systems are connecting the dots of 80 years of scientific publishing to shed ...
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Menopause is having a moment, and medicine is finally catching up

Dr. Rajita Patil talks about UCLA’s new, comprehensive approach to menopause care and why a generation of women missed out.
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A laser focus on melanoma

With federal funding, Mihaela Balu, UC Irvine associate professor of dermatology and biomedical engineering, and her team have invented a laser-equipped device that looks beneath the skin surface for ...
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First cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Northern Elephant Seals confirmed in California

The outbreak marks the first cases of HPAI H5N1 in marine mammals in California and the first detection in northern elephant ...
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AI promised to free up workers’ time. UC Berkeley Haas researchers found the opposite.

While conducting research on how AI was changing daily work at a U.S. technology company, a UC Berkeley Haas doctoral student noticed a pattern that raised a provocative question: What if AI is ...