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BEACO2N (BErkeley Atmospheric CO2 Observation Network), developed by Ron Cohen, measure whether California's strict regulations around emissions—meant to help combat climate change—were paying off...Read more about A race to develop pollution sensing tech plays out in Oakland

Omar Yaghi, the James and Neeltje Tretter Professor in Chemistry, has been selected as the winner of the 2017 Albert Einstein World Award of Science from the World Cultural Council.Read more about Yaghi wins World Cultural Council award

Thomas Maimone of the Department of Chemistry has been selected by the Rose Hills Innovator Program for his innovative research entitled: Synthetic Antibiotic Drug Discovery Platforms Inspired by Natural Products.Read more about Maimone selected by Rose Hills Innovator Program

A team of Berkeley undergrads, including two from CBE, have won the Tech Innovation design challenge in the 2017 L’Oréal USA Brandstorm.Read more about CBE students win L’Oréal competition

Read more about Yaghi wins Royal Society of Chemistry award

Alexandra East-Seletsky, Jennifer Doudna, and fellow researchers have described 10 new CRISPR enzymes that, once activated, behave like Pac-Man to chew up RNA in a way that could be used as sensitive detectors of infectious viruses.Read more about Pac-Man-like CRISPR enzymes have potential for disease diagnostics

Part of the 2017 Berkeley Summer Reading List, A Crack in Creation discusses the origin and impact of the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology co-invented by...Read more about Summer Reading List: A Crack in Creation

Chandler (r.) with fellow chemistry professor (and former student) Phillip Geissler at the opening of the Pitzer Center expansion in Gilman Hall, November 2016. Photo by Michael Barnes.

David Chandler, pillar of the physical chemistry scientific community and Professor...Read more about David Chandler, pillar of physical chemistry, dies at the age of 72

CBE alum Bernardo Gouveia is among the 30 chosen recipients to receive the 2017 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans.Read more about Berkeley student, alums awarded ‘New Americans’ fellowships