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Ziyang Zhang has been awarded the NIH Director's New Innovator Award for exceptionally creative early career scientists proposing innovative, high-impact projects.Read more about Ziyang Zhang receives NIH Director's New Innovator Award

Jennifer Doudna's gene-editing technology CRISPR can now manipulate populations of microbes. This new field, called precision microbiome editing, could potentially address asthma and Alzheimer's.Read more about How CRISPR can edit entire microbial populations in our gut

The Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists celebrated the 2024 award recipients in a gala ceremony in New York on October 1.Read more about The Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists celebrates winners with gala ceremony

A team of researchers reported the discovery of the first natural enzyme capable of creating complex molecules, azides, from simpler molecules, which could lead to safer drug development and biological research.Read more about First natural enzyme creates azides from scratch

Alumni Rod Panos looks back on his years as a chemistry student during the Free Speech Movement as its anniversary approaches.Read more about From chemistry student to witness: Rod Panos and the birth of the Free Speech Movement

Markita Landry is awarded the Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists for pioneering nanoscale chemical tools to address disparate challenges in human health and sustainability.Read more about Markita Landry announced as laureate for Blavatnik National Award

In a video on CNN's Global Public Square, biochemist Jennifer Doudna tells Fareed Zakaria what it was like to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020 and how her discovery opens up new possibilities.Read more about On GPS: The gene editing revolution

Professor Omar M. Yaghi was awarded the 2024 Balzan Prize by the International Balzan Prize Foundation.Read more about Omar Yaghi awarded 2024 Balzan Prize

New research from a team of chemists at UC Berkeley suggests a glimmer of hope when it comes to the thorny problem of recycling plastics — one that may enable us to have our cake, and potentially take a very small bite too.Read more about Has a UC Berkeley chemistry lab discovered the holy grail of plastic recycling?

UC Berkeley microbiologist makes the case for Neurospora-laced oat pulp and cheesy moldy bread.Read more about Can fungi turn food waste into the next culinary sensation?