Crystal impurity is sheer perfection
06/29/21 Berkeley Lab — 3D-grown material designed by Berkeley researchers could speed up production of new technologies for smart buildings and robotics
Research
Researching while Chinese American
06/25/21 — EECS professor Randy Katz, vice chancellor for research, and former Berkeley Lab director and U.S. energy secretary Steven Chu will take part in a livestreamed June 30 congressional roundtable on ethnic profiling of Chinese American scientists
Time more important than funding for food assistance, study finds
06/25/21 School of Public Health — A paper co-authored by IEOR associate professor Anil Aswani showed that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients who had more available time were able to prepare higher quality meals
Are heavy metals toxic? Scientists find surprising new clues in yeast
06/07/21 Berkeley Lab — Joint study led by nuclear engineering's Rebecca Abergel maps potential toxicity of lanthanide metals used in medicine, electronics
2D transistor technology overcomes barrier to ever-shrinking computer chips
05/17/21 — Atomically thin semiconductor could be game-changing alternative to silicon
Berkeley’s bold new home for innovation, entrepreneurship
05/11/21 — Bakar BioEnginuity Hub will rent space to science-based startups, and provide campus programs for scholars and researchers
New studies of deadly air pollutant document environmental inequality
04/28/21 Washington Post — “The deck is stacked against people of color,” says civil and environmental engineering assistant professor Joshua Apte
It’s elemental
04/26/21 — New research could lead to advanced cancer treatments as well as a better understanding of a little-known element.
A new twist
04/26/21 — By stacking and twisting graphene layers, researchers have converted a linear material into one with non-linear capabilities crucial to technology.
Unraveled
04/26/21 — Bioengineers have created a microfluidic platform that can be used to unravel and image lengthy strands of DNA.
New process makes ‘biodegradable’ plastics truly compostable
04/21/21 — Ting Xu's lab has embedded polymer-eating enzymes in plastic to allow programmed degradation after the plastic's useful life is over
CRISPR-Chip advance streamlines genetic testing for medical diagnostics and research
04/05/21 — New study demonstrates platform's ability to detect single-point mutation without DNA amplification
Do you know the way to Berkelium, Californium?
03/24/21 Berkeley Lab — Heavy elements and a really powerful microscope help scientists map uncharted paths toward new materials and cancer therapies
Berkeley engineers demonstrate unprecedented control of light with a new quantum device
03/15/21 — The at-will control over the behavior of single photons is key to developing optical quantum gates.
Light unbound: Data limits could vanish with new optical antennas
02/25/21 — Berkeley engineers demonstrate new method of harnessing properties of lightwaves, enabling dramatic increase in the amount of data carried
Berkeley-led consortium awarded $25M to advance nuclear security
02/16/21 — This is the consortium's third five-year, $25 million grant, allowing it to continue its mission of educating nuclear scientists and advancing nuclear technologies.
Researchers harness quantum weirdness to speed search for dark matter
02/10/21 — Engineers build the most sensitive detector yet for spotting subatomic particles called axions
Talk to the hand? New device can recognize gestures
12/21/20 — The armband, which combines wearable biosensors with artificial intelligence, could be used to control prosthetics or interact with electronic devices
Upcycling: Turning plastic bags into adhesives
12/17/20 — New catalytic process can stick polyethylene to metal or other materials, potentially boosting the economics of recycling
Scientists recruit new atomic heavyweights in targeted fight against cancer
12/14/20 Berkeley Lab — Methods from team led by nuclear engineering assistant professor Rebecca Abergel could lead to systems for both diagnosing and treating cancer in real time