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Berkeley Lab Researchers double down on a good thing by incorporating catalysts into crystalline sponges.
Read the article.Read more about Soaking Up Carbon Dioxide and Turning it into Valuable Products
Berkeley Lab Researchers use solar energy and renewable hydrogen to produce methane.
Read the article.Read more about Another milestone in hybrid artificial photosynthesis
UC Berkeley is again the top public university in the world and is fourth overall in the 2015 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), released over the weekend. Photo by Keegan Houser.
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Omar Yaghi spoke on carbon capture at the Fall 2015 meeting of the American Chemical Society in Boston.
Read the article.Read more about Omar Yaghi Discusses Capturing Carbon in the Presence of Water with MOFs and COFs
Ke Xu Group invents technique to combine spectroscopy with super-resolution microscopy, enabling new ways to examine cell structures and...Read more about Major Innovation in Molecular Imaging Delivers Spatial and Spectral Info Simultaneously
Peidong Yang and Carolyn Bertozzi received the 2014 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award last week during a ceremony at the Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. Read the article.Read more about Carolyn Bertozzi, Peidong Yang receive Lawrence Award from DOE
Chris Chang demonstrates his "artificial leaf" — living microbes that absorb energy from a solar panel....Read more about How do you make greener fuel? Copy a leaf.
Bolt Threads is developing products from protein strings that mimic the composition of spider silk, one of nature's most durable fibers. (Photo courtesy Bolt Threads)...Read more about Improving the work of silkworms and spiders, with yeast
Joel Adlen and Doris Kaeo have been named recipients of the CAP award.Read more about Chemistry Achievement Prize winners named
Berkeley Lab’s SINGLE Provides Images of Individual Nanoparticles in Solution
Read the article.Read more about A most singular nano-imaging technique
