Charting a unique path from the ‘Salad Bowl of America’ to UC Berkeley
09/03/26 — Mechanical engineering student Israel Sanchez wants to use his Berkeley education to make a difference in his agricultural community back home
Mechanical engineering
New metamaterials take inspiration from deep-sea sponges
07/15/26 — Researchers look to nature to design material with dual mechano-fluidic properties
Steering light in a flash
07/09/26 — Caltech: New chip developed by Berkeley engineer Claudio Hail and Caltech redirects light beams in less than a trillionth of a second
Polymer manufacturers gain AI-powered tool to spot defects early
07/01/26 — ‘Smart eyes’ provide real-time, built-in quality assurance for 3D printing
From forest to front door
05/28/26 — Understanding how wildfire spreads through communities
Robots that reconfigure
05/11/26 — Researchers use AI to design truss robots with complex shape adaptations and minimal control units
Reimagining rehabilitation
05/11/26 — Two Berkeley alums have launched a company that offers an at-home robotic rehabilitation device
From forest to front door
05/10/26 — Understanding how wildfire spreads through communities
Researchers teach AI to spot cancer risk by squeezing individual breast cells
04/23/26 — UC Berkeley and City of Hope scientists discover that a cell's mechanical age can effectively signal cancer risk
Sunbirds suck, scientists find. Hummingbirds don’t.
04/13/26 — Two unrelated groups of nectar eaters, hummingbirds and sunbirds, evolved different techniques to slurp the sweet liquid from flowers
Giving plastic a second life
03/30/26 — UC Berkeley Engineering alum Paige Balcom is turning plastic waste into economic opportunity through her recycling company in Uganda
Developing a safer, more efficient autonomous robot
03/03/26 — Berkeley engineer Negar Mehr envisions a future where robot assistants are commonplace, from our homes to deep space
Berkeley engineers among innovators featured on Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ list
02/02/26 — UC Newsroom: Many are leading the way across AI, entrepreneurship, science and more
Wildfire defense that works
11/10/25 — Home hardening and defensible space strategies can double the number of structures that survive a blaze
From drop to diagnosis
11/10/25 — Researchers have created a rapid, at-home diagnostic test that is 100 times more sensitive to viruses
Material intelligence
11/10/25 — Science meets shapeshifting at the Morphing Matter Lab
Building bots on a budget
11/03/25 — Berkeley Humanoid Lite is a low-cost, open-source, customizable robot made of 3D printed parts
Berkeley alums develop at-home robotic rehabilitation device
10/20/25 — ATDev co-founders advance new possibilities for assistive technologies
Mighty morphing robots
09/30/25 — New AI-driven design tool optimizes performance and functionality without complex control systems
California communities can reduce wildfire damage by half. Here’s how.
08/28/25 — UC Berkeley-led study demonstrates how two mitigation strategies — home hardening and defensible space — can have a major impact on wildfire destructiveness