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A composite of headshots featuring Ana Claudia Arias (left) and Tahir Ghani.

Two UC Berkeley professors elected to the National Academy of Inventors

12/11/25 — Ana Claudia Arias and Tahir Ghani named as 2025 fellows

Professor Jennifer Doudna works with a student in her biochemistry lab.

UC Berkeley study shows how patenting boosts pure research

12/01/25 — Researchers who both publish papers and file patents were found to produce work that is more novel and more influential

Material intelligence

11/24/25 — Science meets shapeshifting at the Morphing Matter Lab

Phillip Messersmith examines a sample of asparaglue.

Nature provides the answers

11/19/25 — Phillip Messersmith harnesses the natural world to engineer medical innovations

Chancellor Rich Lyons is seated in a Formula Electric racing car during open house at Richmond Field Station. (Photo by Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering)

SOAR labs have liftoff at Richmond Field Station

11/17/25 — Launch of Student Organization Applied Research facility begins new era of student innovation

Karl van Bibber and Shafi Goldwasser elected to the American Academy of Sciences and Letters

11/14/25 — ‘Distinguished academics’ honored for their outstanding scholarship

Seung-Wuk Lee, professor of bioengineering, in his lab.

Researchers pioneer greener way to extract rare earth elements

11/12/25 — Sustainable biomining approach uses genetically engineered viruses

Winter magazine is here

11/10/25 — Latest Berkeley Engineer features stories on nature-inspired medical advances, as well as shapeshifting materials that respond to interaction with the environment.

Nature provides the answers

11/10/25 — Phillip Messersmith harnesses the natural world to engineer medical innovations

Support Berkeley Engineering

11/10/25 — Create your legacy at Berkeley today.

Game changer

11/10/25 — Arcade legend Eugene Jarvis looks back on his time as a Berkeley undergrad

Farewell

11/10/25 — Obituaries for Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students

New & noteworthy

11/10/25 — Updates about Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students

Wildfire burn area to the edge of suburban neighborhood in Southern California. (Photo by Erin Donalson / iStock)

Wildfire defense that works

11/10/25 — Home hardening and defensible space strategies can double the number of structures that survive a blaze

Q+A on neurotechnologies

11/10/25 — Rikky Muller is developing end-to-end devices that are smarter, safer and smaller than ever

A new hue

11/10/25 — Berkeley scientists have developed a technique to manipulate the eye into seeing a brand-new color

Illustration showing a ring of disease biomarkers, interacting with a droplet of liquid that contains plasmonic nanoparticles

From drop to diagnosis

11/10/25 — Researchers have created a rapid, at-home diagnostic test that is 100 times more sensitive to viruses

Hand of a child catching water pouring from a tap.

Testing the waters

11/10/25 — Researchers have found that stored drinking water is a key transmission pathway for E. coli

Sweat sense

11/10/25 — A tiny sweat sensor opens the door to hydration monitoring using wearables like smartwatches

A thick stack of files in multicolored and folders with a large amount of papers is stacked high against a plain white background. The bottom files have a gray tone and the middle and top files are manila. The files create a soft gray shadow to the right.

For the record

11/10/25 — A new database expands access to California police records on the use of force and misconduct