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EECS assistant professor Preeya Khanna.

EECS professor Preeya Khanna wins NIH New Innovator Award

10/08/24 — CDSS: Prestigious award supports especially creative, high-impact biomedical and behavioral research by early-career investigators
Traffic moves along 99 south in Fresno, Calif.

California has dramatically improved its air quality, but racial disparities persist

09/11/24 — Study reveals low-income communities of color still breathe the dirtiest air
Illustration of alpha-lipoic acid molecular structure.

New recyclable adhesives can be easily adapted for medical, consumer and industrial applications

08/22/24 — Uses include surgical superglue that could be game-changer for fetal surgeries
Lung cancer metastasis.

Powerful new mini microscope will enable precision cancer surgery

08/22/24 — UCSF: Researchers win up to $15 million from ARPA-H to develop next-gen miniature scanner to detect individual cancer cells during surgery
Woman driving car while drowsy.

Dozing at the wheel? Not with these fatigue-detecting earbuds

08/05/24 — Berkeley researchers have created earpieces that identify brain activity associated with relaxation and drowsiness
Crystals of a pure actinium compound, as seen through a microscope.

Novel approach to studying actinium sheds light on radioactive element’s behavior

07/15/24 — Berkeley Lab: Research could help improve a promising cancer treatment known as targeted alpha therapy
Bridge recombinase mechanism.

Scientists discover next-generation system for programmable genome design

06/26/24 — Arc Institute: Bridge recombinase mechanism provides a precise and powerful tool to recombine, rearrange DNA in a programmable way
A collage of photos shows scientists working in different types of lab environments.

Berkeley’s ecosystem of innovation and entrepreneurship combats climate change

05/30/24 — UC Berkeley faculty are fast-tracking the development of new and creative climate solutions
Traditionally, fluorescence microscopes (blue images) are used to image tumors. A new image sensor (purple images) could do the same, less invasively.

Tiny sensor aims to monitor tumors in real time

04/19/24 — IEEE Spectrum: Novel device could potentially provide a better alternative to biopsies
UC Berkeley professors Hillel Adesnik, Laura Waller, and Rikky Muller, and UC Berkeley graduate student Liz Murray pose in Waller’s lab with a prototype of their neurotechnology for two-way communication with the brain.

Mind-blowing science: ‘Star Wars-style’ holograms to communicate with the brain

03/19/24 — CZ Biohub: UC Berkeley scientists are taking brain-machine interfaces to a new level with support from Chan Zuckerberg Biohub San Francisco
Vayu Hill-Maini is working to unlock the richly diverse genomes of fungi to engineer them into meat alternatives. Here, he holds petri dishes of growing fungi; the one on the left is the original mold, the right has been engineered using the team

It’s hearty, it’s meaty, it’s mold

03/14/24 — Berkeley Lab: Bioengineers are hacking the genome of fungi for smart foods of the future
Still image from video of AI-trained surgical robot that was able to sew six stitches all on its own.

Watch this robot as it learns to stitch up wounds

03/05/24 — MIT Technology Review: Berkeley researchers' AI-trained surgical robot was able to sew six stitches on its own — and has lessons for robotics as a whole
Jennifer Doudna speaks on stage while standing behind a podium and laptop.

Jennifer Doudna: Delivering the future of CRISPR-based genome editing

02/08/24 — Nobel laureate details new applications at Kuh Distinguished Lecture
Photo of man grasping his abdominal area in pain with outline of colon superimposed on the area.

Researchers make advances toward more effective IBD therapies

02/01/24 — New regenerative medicine technique may repair and protect the colon
Photo of Augmental co-founder Corten Singer (B.A.’17 CS, B.A.’17 CogSci, M.S.’18 EECS).

Berkeley alum develops tongue-controlled touchpad

01/30/24 — Corten Singer (B.A.’17 CS, B.A.’17 CogSci, M.S.’18 EECS) seeks to create a new paradigm in assistive technologies
A comparison of human brain scans using the NexGen 7T MRI at higher resolution (left) vs a standard 7T scanner (middle) and the standard 3T hospital scanner (right). With higher resolution, neuroscientists can more precisely localize signals (orange) in the brain to understand normal brain circuitry and the changes associated with brain disorders.

Innovative design achieves tenfold better resolution for functional MRI brain imaging

11/27/23 — Ultra-high resolution scanner will allow research on underlying changes in brain circuitry in a multitude of brain disorders
Transmission electron microscope (TEM) images of the new 2D nanosheet as a barrier coating that self-assembles on a variety of substrates. The TEM experiments were conducted at UC Berkeley’s Electron Microscope Laboratory.

Scaling up nano for sustainable manufacturing

11/08/23 — Berkeley Lab: Scientists, led by Berkeley engineer Ting Xu, have developed multipurpose, recyclable nanosheets for electronics, energy storage, and health and safety applications
Gloved hand holding a petri dish

Curbing antibiotic resistance

11/06/23 — Increasing access to clean water and flush toilets could be an effective way to curb antibiotic resistance.
Ann, in a wheelchair, is connected to computers that translate her brain signals into the speech and facial movements of an avatar. At left is UCSF clinical research coordinator Max Dougherty.

Put into words

11/06/23 — An implantable, AI-powered device can translate brain signals into synthesized speech and facial expressions.
Photo of a nanoscale 3D printing benchmarking model called a "3DBenchy" showcases how a new 3D printing technique enabled researchers to embed nitrogen vacancy centers in complex, microscale 3D structures.

Researchers demonstrate new 3D printing technique for quantum sensors

10/31/23 — Innovation may lead to novel applications in precision measurement, biological imaging and environmental monitoring
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