Art Rosenfeld, a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) Distinguished Scientist Emeritus who has been credited with being personally responsible for billions of dollars in energy savings, died Friday at his home in Berkeley, California. He was 90.
January 27, 2017
LBNL News
January 26, 2017
Two memorial videos have been posted in tribute to Nacho’s life and work, and they are now available for viewing directly at https://youtu.be/BLhcZajlNGc and https://youtu.be/VJsnp4UDBUY.January 25, 2017
UC Berkeley News
An initiative launched two years ago by UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco to use CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to develop new disease therapies is expanding into research on the planet’s major crops and poorly understood microbiomes, with plans to invest $125 million in these areas over the next five years.
NAS Online
Armand Paul Alivisatos will receive the 2017 NAS Award in Chemical Sciences. Alivisatos is a pioneer in the field of nanotechnology, with work that has had important ramifications for the development of renewable energy, biomedical imaging, light-emitting devices, and other fields.
National Science Foundation
Bryan McCloskey January 10, 2017
Berkeley Research
Jeffrey Long's research team with support of Bakar Fellows program focuses on new advances in CO2 capture.
CIRES (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences)
January 9, 2017
C&EN News
December 22, 2016
UC Berkeley News
UC Berkeley scientists have discovered simple CRISPR systems similar to CRISPR-Cas9 — a gene-editing tool that has revolutionized biology — in previously unexplored bacteria that have eluded efforts to grow them in the laboratory.
December 13, 2016
UC Berkeley News
November 23, 2016
The Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA) has awarded one of three 2016 Academy Prizes to Berkeley chemistry professor Omar Yaghi.
November 22, 2016
The New England Section of the American Chemical Society (NESACS) has awarded Berkeley chemistry professor Gabor Somorjai its prestigious 2016 Richards Medal.
November 21, 2016
The Verge
The Verge talks with Jennifer Doudna to discuss just what CRISPR might mean for the future of science, and disease research.
Chemistry professor Tom Maimone has been selected as one of two recipients of the prestigious 2016 Novartis Early Career Award in Organic Chemistry.
November 18, 2016
C&EN
November 9, 2016
Rollie J. Myers Jr. died on September 12, 2016. Rollie earned his Ph.D. in the College of Chemistry in 1951. He was an expert in radio and microwave spectroscopy, and he is widely recognized for having established the college's NMR facility.
October 18, 2016
Packard Foundation
Ke Xu has been awarded a 2016 Packard FellowshipOctober 7, 2016
The White House Blog
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