Research Towards Treatment For Autism

Mice with a form of autism causing them to dig obsessively, dug less obsessively when researchers knocked out a gene involved in repetitive behavior.

Desert Air Into Drinkable H20

Last October of 2017, a University of California, Berkeley, team headed down to the Arizona desert, plopped their newest prototype water harvester into the backyard of a tract home and […]

Recreating Earth’s Largest Extinction

UC Berkeley graduate student Jeffrey Benca demonstrates the experiment showing how pine trees became temporarily sterile when exposed to intense UV radiation, supporting the theory that ozone depletion may have […]

Excavating the Past; Improve the Future

In the Santa Cruz mountains, UC Berkeley archaeologists and anthropologists have joined with the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band and California State Parks to uncover ancient tribal practices to help bring […]

Smoke Out of Our Eyes

As we rethink our energy use, we focus on the highest polluters, and at a global scale.

Sustainable Energy Science

Working with state regulators, Dan Kammen’s Berkeley research group has mapped a rigorous step-by-step pathway for California to reach its own emission goal.

Planetary Management

Today, we need to make intelligent management decisions about how we are going to manage our planet.

Farming for the Future

Agriculture today is extraordinarily productive, although sadly many people are chronically hungry, malnourished or obese. And the way we farm also takes an increasing toll on the environment.

Responsive Low-Carbon Buildings

Our homes and buildings consume huge amounts of energy – up to 40 percent of all energy use in the U.S. Research at Berkeley Lab has greatly boosted energy efficiency […]