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August 10, 2021

UC Berkeley researchers illuminate material complexity with nonlinear x-ray spectroscopy

Nano letters cover art from the lab of Michael ZuerchOn the Cover: Artist rendering of second harmonic generation spectroscopy in the extreme ultraviolet state. Illustration by Ella Marushenko. (Nano Letters, Vol 21, No 14)

August 5, 2021

John Gofman: Medical school to nuclear chemistry at UC Berkeley

Excerpt from "John ‘Jack’ Gofman. Researcher and Social Activist. ‘Fair-haired Boy’ and ‘Enemy Within’" American Journal of Cardiology, 

John Gofman at Berkeley Lab

August 3, 2021

In Memoriam: Alumna Marjorie (Young) Vold

Alums Marjorie Young Vold and Robert Vold

Alumni Robert Vold (Ph.D. '35, Chem) and Marjorie Vold née Young (Ph.D. '36, Chem). Unknown photographer and date. Photo courtesy Tom Aiken.

Dual-drug therapy shows promise for treating alcohol use disorder

pouring liquor

(Photo: courtesy of UCSF)

A mouth full of microbes: UC Berkeley researchers discover compound that can cause tooth decay

Xray photo of tooth decay

UC Berkeley researchers have discovered a compound that promotes bacterial adhesion on teeth, which can lead to dental plaque and cavities. Photo courtesy of Jonathan Borba (Unsplash)

August 2, 2021

ExxonMobil collaborates on discovery of new material to enhance carbon capture technology

Researching the development of a sustainable energy future

Alumna Susan Solomon joins Pontifical Academy of Science

Susan Solomon

Photo of Professor Solomon courtesy MIT.

July 25, 2021

John Maxson Stillman

Excerpt from biography by F.O. Koenig in Isis, Vol. 34, No. 2 (Autumn, 1942), pp. 142-146

John Maxsom Stillman

July 22, 2021

Berkeley startup aims to be a game changer in autoimmune disease therapy

chemistry alumni Geo Guillen, left, and Marco Lobba, middle, launched Catena Biosciences with Berkeley chemistry professor Matthew Francis.

Atom computing raises $15M and launches first-generation quantum computer

Illustration of quantum computer

Atom Computing announced its first-generation 100-atom quantum computer on July 21, 2021. (Image courtesty Atom Computing.)

The cyclotron's history at Berkeley

Ernest O. Lawrence, Glenn T. Seaborg, and J. Robert Oppenheimer in early 1946 at the controls to the magnet of the 184-inch cyclotron

New Summer Bridge course introduces incoming first-years to chemistry research skills

Summer Bridge students in the lab

Members of the Summer Bridge program preparing to start a lab on "engineering a plastics separation". Photo courtesy of Jade Fostvedt.

July 20, 2021

In Memoriam: Norman Edgar Phillips

Norman E. PhillipsNorman's photo for the  John Simon Guggenheim Foundation award, 1963.

July 19, 2021

At Last: Separated and Freshly Bound

carbon and hydrogen on the periodic table

In Memoriam: Harold S. Johnston

Harold Johnston in the lab

Harold Johnston circa 1970s. (Photo: Dennis Galloway collection, Bancroft Library)

July 16, 2021

Enrique Iglesia appointed to the Royal Academy of Sciences

Enrique Iglesia

July 15, 2021

Newly-discovered 'Borg' DNA Is unlike anything scientists have ever seen

DNA strand

Image: KTSDESIGN/ Science Photot Library via Getty Images. Photo courtesy vice.com.

July 13, 2021

In memoriam: Alum Harvey Itano and the journey to sickle cell research

Harvey Itano photographed by Dorethea Lange

Omar Yaghi receives the Gerhard Ertl Lecture Award

Omar Yaghi

Alum Kaoru "Kay" Inouye's internment and military story

Kaoru Inouye teaches chemistry at Heart Mountain, World War II