Research News

Berkeley psychology professor explains a new way to measure psychopathy and potentially decrease the cost of the disorder to the U.S. criminal justice system.

A Berkeley professor works with unhoused young people to research, learn, and attempt to solve youth homelessness.

A Berkeley professor Timothy Bowles and journalist discuss the impact of our current agricultural methods and debate the ways we can ramp up food production without causing more harm to the environment.

Berkeley Law professor says today’s fight over government power to detain people without due process could foreshadow a historic constitutional crisis.

Berkeley law program GrizzlyCorps has helped California’s rural communities build wildfire resistance, healthier forests, and more sustainable agriculture and land management.

New MRI techniques trace blood flow sources ‘in reverse’ to study brain function and disease.

The Leinweber Institute for Theoretical Physics at Berkeley is one of five new centers across the nation dedicated to furthering physics research.

Law Professor Charles Weisselberg reminded the students in his final class that amid all the studying of case law, doctrine and policy reform, “criminal justice work is about people.”

Scientists at UC Berkeley describe the applications of using imaging platform called Oz to better understand and treat eye diseases.

The Native FEWS Alliance is one of hundreds of programs affected by National Science Foundation funding cuts.

Researchers break down how Medicaid cuts could cause a cascade of negative health and economic impacts across the state.

A new international study concludes that people see gender-balanced government as better for policy — and better for democracy.

A new study finds that the depth of small grooves in the brain's surface is linked to stronger network connectivity and better reasoning ability.

Researchers detail how to fix millions in waste in California’s cap-and-trade program.

Undergraduate students were recognized for their projects at the CDSS Data Science Discovery symposium.

A newborn boy, diagnosed with a rare and potentially fatal genetic disease, received a novel, on-demand CRISPR therapy in record time.