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Yaghi study challenges prevailing view on how metal organic frameworks store gasesRead more about A New Way to Look at MOFs

A new gene-editing tool might create an ethical morass — or it might make revising nature seem natural.

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Chemistry professor Evan Miller has won a Young Chemical Biologist Award 2015 from the International Chemical Biology Society (ICBS).

As one of four awardees, Miller gave a podium presentation during the special Rising Stars session at the 2015 joint meeting of ICBS and the European...Read more about Miller wins ICBS Young Chemical Biologist Award 2015

A jury of representatives from BASF, Volkswagen and from academia selected Dr. McCloskey for his outstanding research results in the...Read more about BASF and Volkswagen Present “Science Award Electrochemistry” to CBE Professor Bryan McCloskey

Berkeley Lab researchers co-author science article proposing Unified Microbiome Initiative.

...Read more about Scientists call for national effort to understand and harness earth’s microbes for health, energy, agriculture, and environment

Jeff Long and Berkeley Lab researchers find a better way to store natural gas as a transportation fuel

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Chemistry professor Thomas Maimone has been awarded a prestigious Research Scholar Grant from The American Cancer Society.Read more about Maimone awarded American Cancer Society grant

A new and innovative way to store methane could speed the development of natural gas-powered cars that don't require the high pressures or cold temperatures of today's compressed or liquefied natural gas vehicles.

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Professor emeritus of chemistry and former director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Charles (Chuck) Shank is one of two scientists to receive the Enrico Fermi Award, one of the federal government's oldest and most prestigious awards for scientific achievement.

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Jennifer Doudna and fellow researchers discover how CRISPR/Cas steals foreign DNA for the bacterial immune system.

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