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Researchers have demonstrated quantum effects most clearly in enzyme catalysis and photosynthesis.

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The recent inclusion of four new elements to the periodic table was cause for the clinking of champagne glasses at places where people cook up such exotic stuff, including Berkeley.Read more about It’s Elementary: Berkeley can bask in the glow as more elements hit periodic table

With quantum dots seeping into modern displays, our viewing expectations could drastically change.

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Chris Chang and Omar Yaghi have invented covalent organic frameworks that can transform atmospheric carbon dioxide into a useful building block for biodegradable plastics, fuel, and more.

...Read more about Straw into gold: New way to retrieve CO2 from air and recycle it into useful products

Photo courtesy Lawrence Berkeley Nat'l Lab - Roy Kaltschmidt, photographer.

Chemistry professor Omar Yaghi has won an inaugural Mustafa Scientific Prize, awarded by the Organization of Islamic...Read more about Yaghi wins Mustafa Scientific Prize

Berkeley Lab scientists teach bacterium a new trick for artificial photosynthesis. Photo by Roy Kaltschmidt.

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Paul Alivisatos and Chenming Hu have been selected to receive the nation's top honors in science and technology.

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Nitash Balsarsa and collaborator Joseph DeSimone discovery may enable next-generation cathodes. Photo by Roy Kaltschmidt.

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Science singles out CRISPR gene-editing as the Breakthrough of the Year.

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