Health

Illustration of technique to "print" cellular structures

New technique ‘prints’ cells to create diverse biological environments

03/18/20 - Berkeley researchers utilize photolithography and programmable DNA to rapidly “print” two-dimensional arrays of cells and proteins that mimic cellular environments in the body

UVD disinfectant robot spreads ultraviolet rays in hospitals to kill bacteria and viruses

Using AI to detect and fight the coronavirus

03/05/20 - UC Berkeley robotics lab director Ken Goldberg predicts that if COVID-19 becomes a pandemic, it may lead to more robots in more environments

Eko stethoscope and co-founder Tyler Crouch

Artificial intelligence gives stethoscopes a much-needed upgrade

03/03/20 - Alumni develop algorithms that will help predict possible heart failure

Illustration of layered plasmonic nano-antenna arrays

Researchers develop novel way to shrink light to detect ultra-tiny substances

02/20/20 - The research could lead to the development of ultra-sensitive devices that can quickly detect pathogens in human blood.

Environmental engineering students win $25K grant from the EPA

02/20/20 - The team, supervised by Professor Ashok Gadgil, will use the money to develop ways to remove arsenic from drinking water in California.

Weill Neurohub to fuel race for new brain disease treatments

11/14/19 - The newly launched Weill Neurohub, supported with a $106 million gift from the Weill Family Foundation, will bring together researchers in engineering, computer science, physics, chemistry and mathematics to speed the development of new therapies for brain and neural diseases.

Keeping edited cells healthy

10/25/19 - Researchers have developed a better technique to deliver macromolecules into cells, using inexpensive lab equipment.

Get the lead out

10/25/19 - More than 18 million people in the United States are at risk from water pipes that leach lead. Now, researchers led by civil and environmental engineering professor Ashok Gadgil have devised a novel solution to this problem.

Illustration detail of human cisculatory system

Mass-producing biomaterials

10/25/19 - A new 3D printing technique may allow whole organs, living tissue, bone and blood vessels to be printed on demand.

Eye exams being performed at a hospital in China.

Better eye screening

10/25/19 - Researchers from the RADAR Lab have developed algorithms that can help with the diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy-the most common cause of vision loss among people with diabetes-by detecting features in retinal images with better than 97% accuracy.

Illustration of ribbons and helix patterns

New frontiers in gene editing

10/25/19 - Berkeley bioengineers are developing new techniques and tools to advance CRISPR-Cas9 applications, which could have implications for nearly every genetic disease.

Two brain scans: One as normally seen by a radiologist, and one with hemorrhaging areas highlighted by AI technology

With AI, machines become expert at reading brain scans

10/22/19 - A computer algorithm developed by scientists at UCSF and UC Berkeley bested two out of four expert radiologists at finding tiny brain hemorrhages in head scans - an advance that one day may help doctors treat patients with traumatic brain injuries, strokes and aneurysms.

Fletcher Lab’s mobile phone-based microscope receives Gates Foundation support

08/27/19 - The Gates Foundation awarded a grant to Berkeley in July 2019 to support the scaled-up production of the LoaScope, a mobile phone-based microscope developed by bioengineering professor Daniel Fletcher and researchers in his bioengineering laboratory.

Jerome R. Singer, MRI pioneer, dies at 97

08/06/19 - Jerome R. Singer, professor emeritus and a pioneer in the field of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), passed away in July. Singer taught and conducted research in the electrical engineering and computer sciences and the biophysics departments at Berkeley for 25 years.

Berkeley students get a global perspective of technology innovation

07/09/19 - Twenty UC Berkeley students - most with limited travel experience, including some who have never left the United States - went on a whirlwind educational tour of Singapore and the Philippines earlier this summer to learn firsthand how technology innovation and application is approached in countries outside of the United States.

Bats’ brains sync when they socialize

06/20/19 - A new UC Berkeley study from bioengineer Michael Yartsev is the first to observe synchronized brain activity in a non-human species engaging in natural social interactions. The finding opens the door to future study on how our brains process social interactions.