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Using 3D STEM (scanning transmission electron microscope) tomography at Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Foundry, Ting Xu and her team mapped out the precise placement of nanoparticles in a self-assembling material. (Courtesy of ACS Nano)

A research team led by Lawrence Berkeley...Read more about With a little help, new optical material assembles itself

Kristie A. Boering (Photo Michael Barnes)

The College of Chemistry is delighted to announce that Kristie A. Boering (professor of chemistry and of earth and planetary science) has been elected a fellow of the...Read more about Kristie A. Boering elected AAAS fellow

The first Special Prize, dedicated to “Innovators with Outstanding Achievements in Emerging Fields”, is awarded to Professor Omar Yaghi (USA) for his work on discovering metal-organic frameworks. — Photo courtsey VinFuture Prize

The first VinFuture Special Prize for...Read more about Omar Yaghi awarded the inaugural VinFuture Special Prize

Different layers of the cortex are visualized as depths in the ocean, with the sun playing the role of light/vision. (Illustration by Julia Kuhl.)

Scientists have long researched the interplay of how nature (genetics...Read more about Research shines a light on development of the visual cortex during the critical period after birth

Finding Archaea: Archaeans inhabit some of the most extreme environments on Earth. Woese and Fox’s genetic analysis led them to redraw the Tree of Life, incorporating this third domain. (Photo: Morning Glory Pool, Yellowstone National Park; Jim Peaco; March 2015;...Read more about Rethinking the Tree of Life with new tools

(l to r) Markita Landry and Alanna Schepartz (photos courtesy of the scientists.)

The College of Chemistry is delighted to announce that professors Markita Landry (Chemical and Biomolecular...Read more about Markita Landry and Alanna Schepartz receive CZ Biohub Investigator awards

The Periodic Table including the heavy elements. (Adobestock)

Margaret Fuchs (née Melhase) as an undergraduate at the University of California, Berkeley ca 1941 (...Read more about The Women Written Out of Nuclear Science

Illustration of DNA with parade of animals and humans. (Adobestock)

New innovations in gene and stem cell technology have the power to shape ecosystems and even change humanity. This hour, TED speakers share the breakthroughs heralding the next scientific revolution....Read more about Reshaping evolution

Researchers from UC Berkeley and the NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers have developed a chemical technology that combines fermentation and chemical refining (center panels) to produce petroleum-like liquids (right) from renewable plants (left). (Image by John Beumer, courtesy of...Read more about Microbes provide sustainable hydrocarbons for petrochemical industry

Artist’s rendering of autonomous, continuous “liquid robots” in an animated GIF. (Credit: Jenny Nuss/Berkeley Lab)

When you think of a robot, images of R2-D2 or C-3PO might come to mind. But robots can serve up more than just entertainment on the big screen. In a lab...Read more about Tiny liquid robots never run out of energy as long as they have food