Campus Science News

The following news items are from various campus, college and department sources.

A photo of several people standing in a kitchen. One pair is chopping vegetables while the other is looking on. July 25, 2025

A team of MNSD graduate students taught players how dietary guidance can improve on-field performance and recovery over the course of six sessions.

A photo of a center-pivot irrigation watering crops. July 22, 2025

A new study led by Assistant Professor Lucas Vargas Zeppetello suggests water stress, not high temperatures, has the strongest influence on crop yields.

A composite image featuring portraits photos of three people in a wooded, natural environment. July 17, 2025

Rausser College faculty and alumni work with UCANR’s Fire Network to help communities respond to the state’s growing wildfire crisis.

Researchers from Professor Michael Yartsev’s lab used wireless recording devices to track neural activity in Egyptian fruit bats, revealing new clues to how our long-term memories are formed. The study, published in Nature, was supported by grants from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the…
A composite photo featuring headshots of seven people July 10, 2025

The College congratulates professors Dennis Baldocchi, Lewis Feldman, Mike Freeling, N. Louise Glass, Daniel Kammen, Dale Johnson, and Bill Tietje on their retirement from UC Berkeley.

A headshot of Usha Lingappa July 08, 2025

The highly competitive international fellowship supports outstanding postdoctoral researchers pursuing unconventional and socially relevant science.