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Only about 2% of plastics are fully recycled currently. PDK plastics could solve the single-use crisis. (Chanchai Phetdikhai/Shutterstock)

A new environmental and technological analysis suggests that a revolutionary eco-friendly plastic is almost ready to hit the...Read more about The Future Looks Bright for Infinitely Recyclable Plastic

A modified plastic (left) breaks down after just three days in standard compost (right) and entirely after two weeks. (UC Berkeley photo by Ting Xu)

Biodegradable plastics have been advertised as one solution to the plastic pollution problem bedeviling the world, but...Read more about New process makes ‘biodegradable’ plastics truly compostable

The College of Chemistry is pleased to announce that Evan Miller, (Ph.D. ’09, Chem) Associate Professor of Chemistry and Molecular & Cell Biology and of Biochemistry, Biophysics &...Read more about Evan Miller awarded 2021 Donald S. Noyce Undergraduate Teaching Prize

Three common pathways of endocytosis in a cell to internalize outside substances. Figure credit: scientificanimations.com, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Schepartz lab at UC Berkeley recently reported a...Read more about A protein voyage into cells enabled by a short helical protein

A flexible polymer membrane incorporating nanoparticles of PAF selectively absorbs nearly 100% of metals such mercury, copper or iron during desalination, more efficiently producing clean, safe water. (UC Berkeley photo by Adam Uliana)

University of California, Berkeley...Read more about Improved desalination process also removes toxic metals to produce clean water

2021 Priestley Medalist A. Paul Alivisatos helped introduce the world to the nanocrystal. Photo Gabriela Hasbun for C&EN.

Some scientists make discoveries that trigger a tidal wave of research. Some inspire so many others to join their scientific endeavor...Read more about 2021 Priestley Medalist A. Paul Alivisatos helped introduce the world to the nanocrystal

The College of Chemistry is pleased to announce that Christopher Chang, Class of 1942 Chair Professor of Chemistry at UC Berkeley, is among this year’s 184 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation...Read more about Guggenheim Fellowship awarded to Christopher Chang

Conceptual rendering of the ground floor entrance of Heathcock Hall looking East. (Courtesy HOK)

A $10 million commitment from Taiwan-based company Pioneer Material Precision Tech (PMP Tech) will catalyze educational opportunities for future generations of Berkeley...Read more about PMP Tech Forms a Bond with the College of Chemistry

Guosong Zeng, a postdoctoral scholar, and Francesca Toma, a staff scientist, both in Berkeley Lab’s Chemical Sciences Division, test an artificial photosynthesis device made of gallium nitride. Toma and Zeng discovered that the device, rather than degrading over time, improves with...Read more about This Hydrogen Fuel Machine Could Be the Ultimate Guide to Self-Improvement

Conceptual rendering of the ground floor entrance of Heathcock Hall looking East. (Courtesy HOK Architects)

PMP 先鋒材料科技集團（PMP Tech）承諾的1000萬美元，不僅可以為未來柏克萊加州大學化學、化學工程及化學生物學專業學生提供更多的學習機會，還將用於建造一幢具備開創性的教學樓，為化學科學家和工程師們提供一流的科研工作環境。

PMP...Read more about PMP 先鋒材料科技集團與柏克萊加州大學化學院建立合作關系