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Ion drive flight test points to radically different future for aviation

12/05/18 Forbes — Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have conducted a successful 8-second flight test of an aircraft with an ion drive propulsion system, a larger version of the same cutting-edge technology that Berkeley engineers are using to fly centimeter-scale microrobots.
Traffic on freeway interchange

Watch just a few self-driving cars stop traffic jams

11/19/18 Science — Anyone can start a traffic jam - just by tapping the brakes. Now, scientists at Berkeley have shown that a few self-driving cars can prevent such jams - and in some cases double the average speed of surrounding vehicles.
Trees burning in smoky forest

New group to explore engineering solutions for wildfires

11/16/18 Fung Institute — The newly formed Fire Research Group, led by mechanical engineering professor Tarek Zohdi, brings together scientists from UC Berkeley, the Space Sciences Lab and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to find more effective engineering solutions for uncontrolled wildfires.
A tableful of students take part in the Cal Hacks hackathon

‘I don’t really want to work at Facebook’

11/16/18 New York Times — A visit to Cal Hacks finds that for many young engineers, including Berkeley computer science students, the stigma of working for Facebook is beginning to outweigh the financial and other benefits.
NextProf Nexus participants outside Blum Hall.

Expanding the pipeline

11/14/18 — The NextProf Nexus workshop prepares diverse graduate students for careers in higher education.
Doctored photo of shark on a Houston highway

Fighting fake news

11/14/18 — Berkeley students have created SurfSafe, a machine learning tool that identifies when an online photo has been doctored.
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A collision of talent

11/14/18 — A course at Berkeley teams STEM students with athletes to develop sports-related technology.
Dean Tsu-Jae King Liu

Q+A with Dean Tsu-Jae King Liu

11/14/18 — New Berkeley Engineering Dean Tsu-Jae King Liu elaborates on her priorities and long-term vision for the college.
Magnified image of ciscuits printed on flexible mesh

Origami electronics

11/14/18 — Scientists have fabricated electronic switches and sensors directly onto paper, where folding it can switch circuits on and off.
Illustration showing how waste heat could be used to generate energy

From waste heat to energy

11/14/18 — Researchers have developed a thin-film device that converts waste heat to energy, using pyroelectric energy conversion.
Ting Xu in her lab

Cleaning up contamination

11/14/18 — Researchers have learned how to keep proteins active outside of the cell, leading to technology that can soak up chemical pollution.
Illustration courtesy the researchers

Better breast cancer screening

11/14/18 — Using microfluidic technology, researchers can distinguish cells that are central to breast cancer development.
Mouse with a miniature bicycle

Calorie burner

11/14/18 — Scientists found the specific biochemical pathway that activates brown fat and causes the body to burn more calories.
Burned stump at the Illilouette Creek Basin in Yosemite National Park.

Fire & water

11/14/18 — Restoring natural fire regimes to California's mountains could be a win-win-win: more water, improved biodiversity and a reduced risk of catastrophic fires.