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The new MOF contains triangular channels running through the material. The walls of these channels trap the lower-octane components while allowing the higher-octane molecules to pass through, potentially providing a more efficient and cost effective way to refine high-octane gasoline.

This week we have high school and college graduates crossing the stage. Does a college degree secure a job and a career? Today's job market is beginning to change.

Researchers and archivists from University of California are asking for help in transcribing field notes and identifying insect specimens dating back over 100 years.

A man trusted to coach high school students was booked Thursday into the Contra Costa County jail on suspicion of molesting children.

Dr. Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa entered the United States by literally hopping over a fence.

File Photo: UC Berkeley Students and activists joined together Wednesday to file complaints against colleges and universities nationwide, alleging that the schools have failed to follow federal laws, including those involving the reporting of sexual assaults and discrimination.

In a recent article in Psychology Today , Williams, who is a clinical psychologist and the associate director of the University of Louisville's Center for Mental Health Disparities, said that before the release of the DSM-5 Thursday, racism was recognized as a trauma that could potentially cause PTSD, but only in relation to a specific event.

It's all about students at the Peralta Colleges. Especially in May, when it's graduation time, and students young and old finally -- whew! -- get those diplomas and certificates they have worked so hard for.

An exhibit at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archives spins an ancient-but-technologically astute portrait of expression from six graduates of the UC Berkeley Master of Fine Arts program.

The world is fast approaching a tipping point after which the damage caused by climate change can't be undone, Gov.

Once again, we are seeing entrenched interests try to fight the future with scare tactics and misinformation.

The federal government may chop down some 82,000 trees near Berkeley's Strawberry Canyon and in Claremont Canyon in the hills near North Oakland, according to reports.

Wayne F. Miller, a documentary photographer whose powerful images of war, family and the denizens of Chicago's South Side have been admired by generations of photographers, died Wednesday at his Orinda home following a brief illness.

A University of California, Berkeley, law school graduate has taken a plea deal in the beheading of an exotic bird last October at a Las Vegas Strip resort Prosecutor Frank Coumou said Thursday that 26-year-old Hazhir Kargaran appeared in court Wednesday and was sentenced to two days in the Clark County jail, a one-year suspended sentence, a $1,000 ... (more)

Gov. Jerry Brown is set to continue his climate change charge, joining scientists releasing a 20-page call to action on environmental problems including pollution, extinctions and population growth.

Recent events in Boston highlight both the potential and hazards of ever-present cameras.

Clark County prosecutors have charged a third University of California, Berkeley law student in connection with the October beheading of an exotic bird on the Strip.

The somewhat elusive Springfield Ditch Projects gallery opened its latest exhibit May 18, and it runs through June 15.

The causal relationships between lack of sleep and mood disorders remain murky. But one thing is clear as day: better sleep can have psychological benefits.

Women's rights attorney Gloria Allred joined students from four U.S. colleges and universities on Wednesday to announce the filing of federal complaints over how the higher-education institutions handle rape allegations.