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In a new video from Ron Cohen, UC Berkeley Professor of Chemistry and Earth and Planetary Sciences, the remarkable change in our atmosphere with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic is explored. Cohen postulates what the world would be like with fewer CO₂ emissions.Read more about Ron Cohen talks about the Beacon project

Dean Douglas Clark of the College of Chemistry at UC Berkeley has announced that Anne Baranger, Teaching Professor in the Department of Chemistry, will serve as the College’s first...Read more about Anne Baranger announced as inaugural Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

(l to r) Coreshell Technologies' Roger Basu (B.S. '06, Chem; M.S. '08, Materials Sci Eng), Jose Rodriguez, intern (B.A. '20, Phys) and Jonathan Tan (B.S. '06, ChemE) are seen at one of the company's labs in Richmond, California. Courtesy Coreshell Technologies....Read more about Alumni created startup aims to tackle battery degradation in electric cars

Atom probe tomography determines the so-far undiscovered sequences that exist in mixed-metal MOFs (carbon = grey, oxygen = white, metals = blue, green, pink and orange) Source: © Science/AAAS...Read more about Hidden atomic patterns discovered in mixed-metal MOFs

Kwabena Bediako, the Cupola Era Assistant Professor of Chemistry at UC Berkeley, has been announced as a...Read more about Kwabena Bediako joins CIFAR research programs

Alexis T. Bell in UC Berkeley classroom, circa 1990.

Alexis T. Bell is the Dow Professor of Sustainable...Read more about Meet our faculty: Alexis T. Bell

Rods of multivariate MOFs (left) can be programmed with different metal atoms (colored balls) to do a series of tasks, such as controlled drug release, or to encode information like the ones and zeros of a digital computer. (UC Berkeley image by Omar Yaghi and Zhe Ji)

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Researchers at Berkeley Lab and Carnegie Mellon University have designed new solid electrolytes that light the path to wider electrification of transportation. (Image courtesy of Jinsoo Kim)

In the pursuit of a rechargeable battery that can power electric vehicles (EVs)...Read more about Battery breakthrough gives boost to electric flight and long-range electric cars

New partnership between DOE national labs and universities builds on JCAP’s advances in artificial photosynthesis, renewable fuels

Scientists at JCAP create new materials by spraying combinations of elements onto thin plates. (Image courtesy of...Read more about College faculty and alumni contribute to new DOE 60$M Solar Fuel Research