New AI sensor ‘sniffs’ out spectral targets
02/11/26 — Berkeley Lab: First-of-its-kind smart sensor performs AI tricks to identify targets while it captures spectral images
Materials science
Record-breaking ‘molecular sponge’ pulls carbon from air faster than ever before
02/09/26 — BIDMaP: Professor Omar Yaghi’s lab achieves a breakthrough in direct air capture technology
Berkeley Engineering welcomes five new faculty members
01/20/26 — New tenure-track professors will bring their research expertise to multiple departments
The Materials Project helps usher in the AI revolution for materials science
01/16/26 — Berkeley Lab: Pioneering database accelerates new materials discovery, is the most-cited resource for materials data and analysis tools in materials science
Researchers uncover new rules for designing protein-like polymers
01/01/26 — Findings could lead to eco-friendly plastics and other materials
Nature provides the answers
11/10/25 — Phillip Messersmith harnesses the natural world to engineer medical innovations
Sweat sense
11/10/25 — A tiny sweat sensor opens the door to hydration monitoring using wearables like smartwatches
Salty science
11/10/25 — An energy-efficient memsensor that uses vanadium dioxide works in wet, salty environments
Heart-on-a-chip may lead to new treatments for heart failure
11/03/25 — Model helps identify nanoparticles that can deliver mRNA directly into heart muscle cells
UC Berkeley’s Omar Yaghi shares 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
10/08/25 — Created metal-organic frameworks that can harvest water from desert air, capture carbon dioxide, store toxic gases, catalyze chemical reactions
Researchers develop energy-efficient memory sensor for wet, salty environments
08/01/25 — Innovative design uses phase-shifting material, enabling electronic sensors to function like biological neurons
A smarter approach to designing metamaterials
07/22/25 — AI-driven framework creates defect-tolerant materials with complex functionality
Inspired by nature, engineering professor’s designs fold, move and morph
07/03/25 — UC Berkeley’s Morphing Matter Lab is transforming what’s possible in engineering design with their biomimetic materials
Antenna evolution
06/11/25 — A new 3D printing platform provides design flexibility and rapid production of intricate antenna structures.
Unraveled
06/11/25 — Researchers have created a composite that bonds like epoxy but can be disassembled on demand.
Three professors named to NAE
06/11/25 — Professors Kristin Person, Stuart Russell and David Schaffer were elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
The not-so-secret life of gut bacteria
04/28/25 — Computational modeling gives us a peek inside these important microbial communities
Don’t sweat it!
04/15/25 — Wearable sweat sensor can track your hydration status during physical and mental activities
Phillip Messersmith named fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science
03/27/25 — BioE professor honored for 'distinguished contributions' in wet biological adhesion and biologically inspired materials
A new way to engineer composite materials
03/06/25 — Berkeley Lab: Innovative polymer design combines strength with reversibility