Hyper-SAGE Boosts Remote MRI Sensitivity
Oct 08 (LBNL News)
A new technique in Magnetic Resonance Imaging dubbed "Hyper-SAGE" has the potential to detect ultra low concentrations of clincal targets, such as lung and other cancers. Development of Hyper-SAGE was led by one of the world's foremost authorities on MRI technology, Alexander Pines.

College of Chemistry steers course to sustainable 'green' chemistry
Oct 08 (UC Berkeley Press Release)
The College of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, is making major new commitments to advance research and education in sustainable, green chemistry.

ChemE celebrates its national ranking, outstanding GSIs
Oct 02
In its latest rankings of graduate chemical engineering programs, U.S. News and World Report magazine has ranked Berkeley’s Department of Chemical Engineering second nationally.

College enrollment rises slightly over previous year
Sept 28
Despite state and university budget woes, the number of new and continuing students in the College of Chemistry has risen slightly.

Superheavy Element 114 Confirmed: A Stepping Stone to the Island of Stability
Sept 24 (LBNL News Center)
Scientists Heino Nitsche and and Ken Gregorich at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have been able to confirm the production of the superheavy element 114.

College alums win National Medal of Science
Sept 21
Berni Alder (M.S. ’48, B.S. ’47, ChemE) and JoAnne Stubbe (Ph.D. ’71, Chem) have been named by President Obama as recipients of the National Medal of Science, the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on scientists.

Fréchet wins Mark, Remsen awards from ACS
Sept 15
Jean Fréchet, a professor of both chemistry and chemical engineering, has won two prestigious awards from the American Chemical Society.

Gold Solution for Enhancing Nanocrystal Electrical Conductance
Sept 08 (Berkeley Lab News Press Release)
Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have reported a technique by which the electrical conductivity of nanorod crystals of the semiconductor cadmium-selenide was increased 100,000 times.