Have you ever wanted to log in to a device with your mind? For students here at Cal, this would be convenient. Imagine being able to access AirBears or your student email address by simply thinking. Never again would you constantly have to type in your CalNet username and password to Read More…
Music can be one heck of a drug. Literally, once you’re hooked on a certain song or album, there’s no telling what plethora of emotions you’ll be experiencing. For students here at Berkeley, music is a quintessential part of the culture. Just look around Sproul and count the number of Read More…
Watch a video of Berkeley Professor Peter Duesberg talking about his controversial HIV/AIDS theory. Click here for the “Faces of Berkeley” article on Professor Duesberg. Multimedia producers Kelly Lin and Tianzong Jiang made this video.
Following a study conducted by a UC Berkeley researcher on improving the safety conditions of employees who work in confined spaces, a California public safety division launched a new public initiative last week which will aim to increase public awareness of the issue. The study — which was headed by Read More…
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory announced Wednesday the launch of a new institute that will focus on problems faced by developing countries, including difficulties like unsafe drinking water and limited access to fuel sources. The new Institute for Globally Transformative Technologies is still in the process of trying to find funding Read More…
Engaging in intellectually stimulating activities over the course of a lifetime may lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, a new study from UC Berkeley researchers suggests. The study, co-led by Susan Landau, a research scientist at the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute of UC Berkeley, and campus professor of neuroscience William Read More…
RICHMOND, Calif. — After about eight months of evaluating different finalist locations, the University of California announced Monday morning that the Richmond Field Station is the preferred site chosen for the second campus of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Berkeley Lab officials selected the field station — which the UC Read More…
A recent government report argues that colleges should make civic learning a central part of higher education in order to increase participation in the political system and confront a critical moment for American democracy. The Jan. 10 report was commissioned by the U.S. Department of Education in an effort to Read More…
UC Berkeley will be one of six initial universities across the country included in the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership, a national initiative launched by President Barack Obama with the goal of creating more manufacturing jobs. Obama’s plan will invest over $500 million in the development of different types of technology — Read More…
A team of scientists from UC Berkeley and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign reached a scientific breakthrough in their research — they doubled the efficiency of converting seaweed into biofuel. The researchers, who published the study in the August issue of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, focused on converting marine biomass, Read More…
