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May 11, 2021

Alumna Geraldine Richmond nominated to serve in the Department of Energy

Geraldine Richmond

Image credit – Todd Cooper / jasontoddcooper.com

April 23, 2021

Building awareness for a sustainable society and lifestyle

Practicing a sustainable lifestyle

A young woman practices sustainable living purchasing bulk items in a store. (adobestock)

April 22, 2021

The Future Looks Bright for Infinitely Recyclable Plastic

worker looks at bails of plastic

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

April 21, 2021

New process makes ‘biodegradable’ plastics truly compostable

Example of degraded plastic after process

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)

April 20, 2021

Evan Miller awarded 2021 Donald S. Noyce Undergraduate Teaching Prize

Evan Miller

April 16, 2021

Improved desalination process also removes toxic metals to produce clean water

flexible polymer membrane

A protein voyage into cells enabled by a short helical protein

Three common pathways of endocytosis in a cell to internalize outside substances.

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

April 14, 2021

2021 Priestley Medalist A. Paul Alivisatos helped introduce the world to the nanocrystal

Paul Alivisatos

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

April 10, 2021

Guggenheim Fellowship awarded to Christopher Chang

Chris Chang

April 5, 2021

This Hydrogen Fuel Machine Could Be the Ultimate Guide to Self-Improvement

Guosong Zeng, Francesca Toma, Berkeley Lab

PMP Tech Forms a Bond with the College of Chemistry

Heathcock Hall front entrance illustration

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

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

Heathcock Hall front entrance illustration

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。

April 2, 2021

In Memoriam: David Shirley

David Shirley

William A Lester, Jr., Ph.D. Gets the Star Treatment!

Professor Emeritus William A Lester, Ph.D. has participated in The Star Treatment, a prestigious video series hosted by renowned lawyer and television personality, Star Jones.

April 1, 2021

Alivisatos and Grätzel receive the Frontiers Award for developing new nanomaterials applied in renewable energies

solar cell

March 31, 2021

College of Chemistry graduate programs get high honors in new U.S. News rankings

College of Chemistry campus

March 30, 2021

FDA approves first test of CRISPR to correct genetic defect causing sickle cell disease

Sickle cell patients such as Cassandra Trimnell and Evie James Junior and UCSF physician Mark Walters talk about the severe pain experienced by those with the disease and the potential benefits of a CRISPR cure. (Video by UC Berkeley Public Affairs; video of Evie Junior by Colin Weatherby, courtesy UCLA’s Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research)

March 29, 2021

A very strong magnet: QB3-Berkeley’s 900 MHz NMR Facility

Graduate student Riley Fricke sits down with Jeff Pelton (Ph.D. '90, Chem) the manager of QB3-Berkeley’s 900 MHz NMR Facility, to discuss the facility and recent research that NMR spectroscopy has helped support.

Jeff Pelton

Jeff Pelton, PhD, the NMR facility manager.

March 24, 2021

Do You Know the Way to Berkelium, Californium?

Berkelium, Californium

COVID Stories: Sourdough bread with a purpose

Seniors Brendan Huang and Carolyn Hong