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The Baker Hughes Institute for Decarbonization Materials has launched to support Berkeley researchers working to pull chemicals from industrial emission streams and the atmosphere.Read more about Institute brings together scientists to design pollution-adsorbing materials

A potential new treatment for epilepsy uses light pulses to stop seizure-like activity.Read more about Study shows promise of optogenetics as a new epilepsy treatment

A metal-organic framework, or MOF, is capable of capturing CO2 at extreme temperatures.Read more about Breakthrough in capturing ‘hot’ CO2 from industrial exhaust

The Glenn T. Seaborg Professor Emeritus and Professor of the Graduate School, Alex Pines passed away at 79 years old.Read more about Beloved colleague and prolific scholar, Alexander (Alex) Pines has passed away

A groundbreaking technique opens a new world of materials for researchers growing nanocrystals.Read more about Unlocking the potential of quantum dots

A typical large tree can suck as much as 40 kilograms of carbon dioxide out of the air over the course of a year. Now scientists at UC Berkeley say they can do the same job with less than half a pound of a fluffy yellow powder.Read more about Half a pound of this powder can remove as much CO2 from the air as a tree, scientists say

A new type of porous material called a covalent organic framework quickly sucks up CO2 from ambient air.Read more about Capturing carbon from the air just got easier

This summer, eight undergraduates from populations that are typically underrepresented in chemistry and chemical engineering carried out and presented summer-long research projects.Read more about Inaugural SURD fellows: the leading minds of the next generation

As a part of their Legacy Project, the University of California Berkeley Emeriti Association (UCBEA) invited Professor Emeritus Paul Bartlett to interview Professor Emerita and Professor of the Graduate School Judith Klinman.Read more about An interview with emeriti Judith Klinman

The 2024 William A. Lester Lecture featured chemist Alán Aspuru-Guzik, and served as a symbolic full-circle moment for the two men.Read more about Hispanic Heritage Month: Lester Lecture speaker Alán Aspuru-Guzik