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Armand Paul Alivisatos will receive the 2017 NAS Award in Chemical Sciences. Alivisatos is a pioneer in the field of nanotechnology, with work that has had important ramifications for the development of renewable energy, biomedical imaging, light-emitting devices, and other fields.Read more about Alivisatos to receive the 2017 NAS Award in Chemical Sciences

Bryan McCloskey awarded grant for project to generate fundamental knowledge in the field of electrochemical engineering that is critical to a number of energy conversion and storage technologies.Read more about McCloskey selected for NSF Career Award

Jeffrey Long's research team with support of Bakar Fellows program focuses on new advances in CO2 capture.Read more about A Chain Reaction to Spare the Air

CIRES/NOAA scientist studies atmospheric particles and climate, air quality.Read more about Cohen group alum Anne Perring receives prestigious PECASE award

UC Berkeley scientists have discovered simple CRISPR systems similar to CRISPR-Cas9 — a gene-editing tool that has revolutionized biology — in previously unexplored bacteria that have eluded efforts to grow them in the laboratory.Read more about Compact CRISPR systems found in some of world’s smallest microbes

Chemist and nanotechnology pioneer Paul Alivisatos, bioengineer Amy Herr and chemical engineer Enrique Iglesia – were among 175 distinguished academic inventors...Read more about Berkeley innovators named fellows of National Academy of Inventors

The Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA) has awarded one of three 2016 Academy Prizes to Berkeley chemistry professor Omar Yaghi.Read more about Yaghi awarded Turkish Academy of Sciences Prize

The New England Section of the American Chemical Society (NESACS) has awarded Berkeley chemistry professor Gabor Somorjai its prestigious 2016 Richards Medal.Read more about Somorjai wins 2016 Richards Medal

The Verge talks with Jennifer Doudna to discuss just what CRISPR might mean for the future of science, and disease research.Read more about Gene editing will transform cancer treatment