Lydia Tuan

Researchers, including those at UC Berkeley, are working to find more effective methods of treating brain disorders through a $26 million project announced Tuesday as part of President Barack Obama’s initiative to uncover new treatments for brain disorders.

Four candidates have filed their candidacy to run for the Berkeley City Council seat in District 8, following the implementation of new district lines.

Bay Area astronomers discussed the extraterrestrial life and intelligent civilizations on other planets, or possibly other galaxies, before the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday.

UC Berkeley researchers are examining how species evolve and how they adapt to new environments by comparing the polar bear genome with the brown bear genome.

A hotter, drier future is in store for the United States. Following projections in the National Climate Assessment Report that was released by the White House Tuesday, California’s coastal territories are to face weather extremes and more intensified droughts.

Engineers and philosophers gathered to discuss the meaning of ethics in the context of nuclear security at a panel Tuesday evening in Sutardja Dai Hall.

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced last Wednesday the election of seven UC Berkeley staff and faculty to its society, which boasts an assortment of Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize recipients and Oscar winners among its total list of members.

An over-the-counter drug may prevent epilepsy from developing in its early stages, UC Berkeley researchers discovered, marking this treatment of epilepsy the first of its kind.

Through SanDisk’s $1 million donation to the campus College of Engineering, electrical engineering and computer sciences students now have a revamped space to work on their collaborative projects.

With a few taps of her fingertips and one computer click, UC Berkeley sophomore Cassie Xiong projected onto the screen an extensive list of letters and other documents from the Free Speech Movement at Berkeley.