California has dramatically improved its air quality, but racial disparities persist
09/11/24 — Study reveals low-income communities of color still breathe the dirtiest air
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Laura Waller awarded Max Planck-Humboldt Medal
09/10/24 — Max Planck Society: EECS professor recognized for outstanding achievements in computational microscopy
Berkeley Engineering welcomes new faculty to campus
08/27/24 — Six new tenure-track and teaching professors will join us in fall 2024
Young cricket star had to rethink future after eye injury
08/26/24 — New EECS student Vihaan Hampihallikar then started a project to help others get the health care they needed
New recyclable adhesives can be easily adapted for medical, consumer and industrial applications
08/22/24 — Uses include surgical superglue that could be game-changer for fetal surgeries
Powerful new mini microscope will enable precision cancer surgery
08/22/24 — UCSF: Researchers win up to $15 million from ARPA-H to develop next-gen miniature scanner to detect individual cancer cells during surgery
World’s first micromachine twists 2D materials at will
08/21/24 — Device expands ways to manipulate low-dimensional quantum materials
New $150 million research center to develop sustainable model for materials production
08/14/24 — Partnership seeks to transform the way vital materials are produced, used and recycled
Kristin Persson receives DOE’s Distinguished Scientist Fellow Award
08/12/24 — Berkeley Lab: Award recognizes “pioneering advancements in data-driven materials design and discovery,” provides $1M in direct funding to support her research
Rich Lyons on the future of innovation and entrepreneurship at Berkeley
08/07/24 — SCET: In a Q&A, the university’s new chancellor, and former chief innovation and entrepreneurship officer, shares his vision
Dozing at the wheel? Not with these fatigue-detecting earbuds
08/05/24 — Berkeley researchers have created earpieces that identify brain activity associated with relaxation and drowsiness
CS Ph.D. student aims to improve AI for underserved languages and communities
08/01/24 — CDSS: Hellina Hailu Nigatu to develop computing tools with “community values in mind”
Red light-powered device works day and night to convert CO₂ into useful chemicals
07/30/24 — College of Chemistry: Innovation could help reduce CO₂ emissions and produce valuable chemicals for a sustainable future
New computer vision-based system monitors seasonal dynamics of tropical water
07/29/24 — Research could help communities most impacted by climate change
A new way to make element 116 opens the door to heavier atoms
07/24/24 — Berkeley Lab: NE grad students John Gooding, Mirza Grebo, Mallory McCarthy, Emma Rice contributed to this major breakthrough
Michael Yartsev named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
07/23/24 — Honor comes with significant research investment that enables investigators to “push the boundaries of science”
Novel approach to studying actinium sheds light on radioactive element’s behavior
07/15/24 — Berkeley Lab: Research could help improve a promising cancer treatment known as targeted alpha therapy
Berkeley researchers send 3D printer into space
07/02/24 — SpaceCAL tests the limits of additive manufacturing on Virgin Galactic 07 mission
EECS professor Jessica Boles to receive IGNIITE 2024 award
06/28/24 — ARPA-E: Award recognizes early-career scientists and engineers converting disruptive ideas into impactful energy technologies
Scientists discover next-generation system for programmable genome design
06/26/24 — Arc Institute: Bridge recombinase mechanism provides a precise and powerful tool to recombine, rearrange DNA in a programmable way
