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A spectacular new mural was installed this week in the lobby of Pimentel Hall at UC Berkeley’s College of Chemistry. Celebrating the College’s involvement in NASA’s Mars 6 and Mars 7 Mariner missions, the mural sits across from a copy of the infrared spectrometer that was installed in each...Read more about Mars Mariner mural installed in Pimentel Hall

New research on copper could lead to better understanding of role in sleep.Read more about Copper regulates sleep in zebrafish

A UC Berkeley team headed by Omar Yaghi plopped their newest prototype water harvester into the backyard of a tract home in Arizona and started sucking...Read more about Water harvester delivers fresh water from air

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

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