UC Berkeley and MIT awarded $12.5M to study critical issues in data science
09/01/20 — New Foundations of Data Science Institute, funded by NSF, to include 20 UC Berkeley faculty across multiple disciplines
Research
UC Berkeley team advances food systems in new $20M research center
08/26/20 — Campus expertise in simulation technologies will play a key role in the new AI Institute for Next Generation Food Systems
Berkeley researchers develop highly efficient, energy-dense capacitor
08/19/20 Berkeley Lab — New material could ultimately combine the efficiency and robustness of capacitors with the energy storage capabilities of larger-scale batteries for use in consumer electronics.
UC Berkeley accelerates bio-preservation research as part of $26M NSF center
08/04/20 — The Advanced Technologies for the Preservation of Biological Systems (ATP-Bio) center could dramatically expand organ transplant options
Researchers create surface coating that can create false infrared images
07/23/20 — The visual decoy technique could lead to new advances in encryption technology
A better way to measure progress in semiconductors
07/22/20 — Four EECS professors are featured in an IEEE Spectrum article about efforts to replace Moore's Law with a better metric to measure progress in semiconductors
UC Berkeley to lead $25 million quantum computing center
07/21/20 — National Science Foundation grant aims to establish a multi-university institute focused on speeding the development of quantum computers
Fung Institute responds to COVID-19
07/14/20 — How various members of the Fung Institute community take initiative to support COVID-19 response
Berkeley bioengineers discover how tumor cells can mimic Velcro
06/25/20 — Long, membranous microtentacles help tumor cells work their way through brain tissue
Engineers create game-changing metalens that breaks records in performance
06/25/20 — World's thinnest, most efficient flat lens delivers focal power over broad band of light
Monitoring COVID-19 prevalence in municipal wastewater
06/24/20 — Samples from a single collection station can reveal clues to how the SARS-CoV-2 virus is circulating in communities
Four Berkeley engineers receive awards for COVID-19 research
06/24/20 — C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute announces new funding for projects
Bakar Prize winner hopes to harness sun’s power
06/22/20 — Junqiao Wu, professor of material science and engineering, awarded campus's new $225,000 prize for real-world potential of his thermal-powered material transformations
Off the scales: Fish armor both tough and flexible
06/22/20 Berkeley Lab — High-tech imaging of carp scales by Berkeley materials scientists reveals remarkable properties that could lead to advanced synthetic materials
Diluting blood plasma rejuvenates tissue, reverses aging in mice
06/15/20 — A new study led bu bioengineering professor Irina Conboy suggests that plasma exchange could be the key to unlocking the body’s regenerative capacities
Scientists invent new ways to peer into the earliest stages of life
04/30/20 — Thanks to research led by Amy Herr, scientists can examine the crucial period when RNA molecules tell cells what they should do
Materials sciences professor Ramamoorthy Ramesh named to Royal Society
04/29/20 — Ramesh has created nanosized materials that can power small electrical devices with minimal amounts of energy
Berkeley Center for New Media to join the College of Engineering
04/29/20 — BCNM will officially move to the college on July 1
Researchers lead federal efforts to improve COVID-19 testing
04/24/20 — Rebecca Abergel, Paul Adams, and Adam Arkin are overseeing projects designed to boost coronavirus diagnostic technology
Researchers discover ferroelectricity at the atomic scale
04/22/20 — A team of researchers have managed to grow ultra-thin material on silicon that can power small electronic devices