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A new study led by researchers at UC Berkeley and Clinica de Salud del Valle de Salinas demonstrates how even a short break from certain kinds of makeup, shampoos and lotions can lead to a significant drop in levels of hormone-disrupting chemicals in the body.

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When Vice President Joe Biden dropped by UC San Francisco on Saturday for a wide-ranging discussion of the current state of cancer research, UC Berkeley’s...Read more about Doudna joins Biden during Bay Area stop on cancer ‘listening tour’

Chemistry professor Thomas Maimone has won a NSF Career award and has been named one of 24 Cottrell Scholars for 2016.Read more about Maimone wins NSF CAREER, Cottrell Scholar awards

Chemical and biomolecular engineering (CBE) professor Wenjun Zhang, along with chemistry professors Evan Miller and...Read more about Three College of Chemistry professors have been awarded Sloan Foundation Fellowships

Paul Alivisatos awarded Dan David Prize for nanoscience research

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Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley scientists adapt next-gen solar cell materials for a different purpose.

Read the article.Read more about ‘Lasers Rewired’: Scientists Find a New Way to Make Nanowire Lasers

Ming Hammond and co-authors publish paper on bacterial sensing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Read more about Hammond’s high risk/high reward research pays off

Chemistry professor Felix Fischer has been awarded the 2016 Carl Duisberg Memorial Prize by the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh, German Chemical Society).Read more about Fischer wins 2016 Cal Duisberg Memorial Prize

A new $25 million grant from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) puts UC Berkeley at the head of a multi-institution consortium.Read the article.Read more about UC Berkeley to lead new M nuclear science and security consortium

One hundred sixty-five UC faculty were among the most influential scientists in their fields in 2015.

Read the article.Read more about UC faculty rank first among highly cited researchers