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UC Berkeley bird lovers, being a class act, decided the names of three peregrine falcon chicks that have taken up residence in a nest atop the landmark Campanile bell tower should be, well, dignified. Meet Berkelium, Californium and Lawrencium....Read more about Campanile peregrine falcon chicks named in popular vote

A team of UC Berkeley researchers has announced promising research could lead to new strategies in NMR and MRI technologies using diamonds and lasers.Read more about Promising research could lead to new strategies in NMR and MRI using diamonds and lasers

The Meyerhoff Scholars Program at UMBC has graduated more than 1,100 mostly African-American students in science and engineering. (Photo by Algerina Perna, Balitmore Sun)Read more about Agents of change

Team led by Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley researchers exploits tiny defects in diamonds to pave the way for enhanced biological imaging and drug studies.Read more about Diamond ‘spin-off’ tech could lead to low-cost medical imaging and drug discovery tools

Two longtime leaders of the University of California — C. Judson King and Richard C. Atkinson — have won the 2018 Clark Kerr Award, in recognition of their...Read more about Jud King, Richard Atkinson recognized with the 2018 Clark Kerr Award

Professors Dean Toste and Birgitta Whaley have been elected this year to the prestigious Academy of Arts and Sciences , which honors exceptional scholars, leaders, artists and innovators.Read more about College of Chemistry faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

A decade of investment in advanced biofuels led nowhere, but Jay Keasling remains undaunted.Read more about The scientist still fighting for the clean fuel the world forgot

Chemistry faculty named winners of the 2018 Royal Society of Chemistry Awards.Read more about Berkeley chemists win prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry Awards

Scientifically gifted, agile and charmingly quirky, Freja Ekman knows firsthand how it feels to win the genetic lottery. But UC Berkeley’s top graduating senior is also painfully aware of how a single gene mutation can drastically alter the trajectory of one’s life.Read more about Top graduating senior champions neurodiversity

A new thorium-aluminum complex is the first in which an actinide element donates electrons when bonding with a metal.Read more about Actinide acts as electron donor for first time