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Reports on the development of a technologically-advanced polymer that mimics litmus paper by the California-based Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory that can instantly detect microorganisms that cause disease. Features of the polymer; Customization of the polydiaccetylene film to target different microorganisms and their toxins; Testing of the polymer.

Reports that Tom Bates, the mayor of Berkeley, California, has admitted to and has been fined for trashing the 'Daily Californian.' Free student paper of the University of California at Berkeley; Depositing newspaper copies into trash cans; Anger at the paper's endorsement of an election rival.

Around five exabytes (5 billion gigabytes) of information was created in 2002, up from around two exabytes in 1999, according to the latest "How Much Information?" survey produced by the School of Information Management and Systems at the University of California in Berkeley. Overall, the amount of information being produced is growing by 30% a year. America is the single largest producer, producing around half of the new information on magnetic and optical media, and a third of the paper-based and film-based information. The researchers, led by Peter Lyman and Hal Varian, also estimated the volume of information flows through electronic channels, such as telephone calls, radio and television transmissions, and internet traffic.

Reports on the findings of researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, in Berkeley, California that duct tape does not last as long as is need for the life of many homes' duct systems. Result of a test on adhesiveness of duct tape reported in the magazine `Home Energy.'

Announces Berkeley Repertory Theater's Asian American Spring series of plays on March-July 1994 at Zellerbach Playhouse, University of California. Berkeley. Includes adaptations such as `The Woman and Warrior' and `China Men'; `Soundshape II: Ceramics, Water and Paper.'