Startup helps people find out what they’re drinking
October 7, 2016
A UC Berkeley team provides much needed oversight of the largest unchecked threat to water safety.
Surfing the world for microbes
October 6, 2016
Doctoral student Cliff Kapono sets out on an adventure to map the surfer microbiome.
Prison University Project wins National Humanities Medal
September 21, 2016
Nonprofit honored for giving inmates great access to higher education.
Helping the state cope with drought using wastewater
August 26, 2016
A new economic model shows how treatment processes may create a viable, affordable water supply for crops.
UCLA law students win clemency for man serving life sentence for nonviolent drug offense
August 23, 2016
President Obama commutes sentence based on a petition developed by students.
Why are we so afraid to leave children alone?
August 23, 2016
New research suggests social pressure exaggerates our fears about unsupervised children.
Berkeley-bound scholar rises from the depths of schizophrenia
August 19, 2016
Brandon Chuang takes the mental disease he will be studying very personally.
Needles not needed
August 17, 2016
A professor pursues an approach to diabetes that would make daily injections obsolete.
Carcinogen in drinking water traced to firefighting foam
August 15, 2016
Highly fluorinated compounds found near industrial and military sites, affecting millions.
Study highlights major cybersecurity threat
August 12, 2016
Grad students demonstrate how Linux and Android systems can be compromised quickly, easily and from anywhere.