Dark matter experiment in abandoned South Dakota gold mine is searching for elusive WIMPs

Scientists and regulators are placing increased emphasis on carbon removal and sequestration, and UC Berkeley is focused on the mission.

Berkeley scholars are among winners of a new award, the Learner-Rosenthal Prize, for work supporting transparency in social science research.

ArtCOP21, at the Paris climate talks, brought together artists and a plan: “To truly meet the climate challenge, we need to get creative.” Associate Vice Chancellor for the Arts and Design Shannon Jackson reports from the scene.

For the second year, the UC Berkeley police brought some Thanksgiving cheer to student families in need, and already are gearing up for their spring toy drive.

UC Berkeley today announced the appointment of professor Prudence Carter as dean of the Graduate School of Education.

Genome editing helps reveal how key animal genes set up segmented body plan

Filipino American poet Isabella Avila Borgeson, a recent UC Berkeley graduate in ethnic studies, is one of four spoken word artists chosen to perform in conjunction with climate talks now going on in Paris.

Check out the wide variety of Berkeley-tinged gifts available right here on campus, from the UC Botanical Garden to the Discovery Corner Store. (If your tradition includes a tree, yours may be waiting for you at the Cal Forestry Club.)

Four Research Catalyst Awards from UC's Office of the President will stimulate inter-campus collaboration

Experts from around the world gathered recently for a summit looking at the rapidly changing possibilities of human gene editing. UC Berkeley's Charis Thompson, who spoke at the meeting, summarizes positions taken on a key question: the ethics of creating permanent, hereditary changes in the human genome.

As scientists and leaders at the Paris climate summit try to map out responses to global warming, evidence grows that the world is beginning to follow the California's lead, and UC is key to the state's efforts.

Ethan Elkind of UC Berkeley's Center for Law, Energy and the Environment is in Paris for the COP21 climate summit, helping to get cities and states to commit to aggressive greenhouse gas reductions. He talks about this California-led initiative in a Q&A.

The diary of a young Japanese American interned during World War II two days shy of his Berkeley graduation has surfaced in an exhibit at Yale. The New York Times tells the story of Yonekazu Satoda, now 94, and his diary.

California Gov. Jerry Brown is headed to Paris this weekend for the two-week global climate summit, prepped for his meetings by a team of scientists almost entirely from the UC system, including two from UC Berkeley:

Scholars from UC Berkeley and France came together Wednesday evening to discuss last month’s terrorist attacks on Paris.

The Eco Core digital stethoscope, created by a startup founded by three young UC Berkeley graduates, has made Time magazine's list of "25 Best Inventions of 2015."

After a competition involving more than 400 campus research groups, the physics lab of professor Irfan Siddiqui took home the first-ever UC Berkeley Award for Excellence in Laboratory earlier this month.