Nobel Prize

During the 2015-16 academic year, UC Berkeley patrons and alumni gave campus a record number of donations amid concerns about declining state funding.

A team of researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has developed a method for chemically producing two-dimensional transistors and circuits that may aid in the development of more advanced computers.

Nobel Laureate and campus professor emeritus in physics Charles Hard Townes, most notably remembered for inventing the laser, died Tuesday. He was 99.

Physical cues may be all cells need to revert to a state from which they can become many types of cells the body requires, according to new study published online by UC Berkeley researchers Sunday.

Randy Schekman, a UC Berkeley professor of molecular and cell biology, has been awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research revealing the mechanisms that release proteins in human cells.

Geoff Marcy says he has spent his career chasing the "stuff of science fiction." Marcy, a campus astronomy professor, is one of four UC Berkeley researchers who may have a shot at this year's Nobel Prize, according to Thomson Reuters, a firm that annually predicts contenders for the award.

UC Berkeley placed third in the Academic Ranking of World Universities out of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Nobel Prize-winning economist Gary Becker spoke to the campus Wednesday to confirm that even with increasing tuition rates, a college degree remains the “world’s best investment.”