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David Arthur Shirley, former director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and professor of chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, died on March 29, 2021, of age-related illness. Shirley was a pioneer of electron spectroscopy, a teacher, a mentor, and an...Read more about In Memoriam: David Shirley

The long-anticipated fourth edition of Electrochemical Systems by John Newman and Nitash P. Balsara is now available.* The fourth edition updates all of the chapters, adds content on lithium battery electrolyte characterization and polymer electrolytes, and includes a new...Read more about Authors John Newman and Nitash Balsara release 'Electrochemical Systems', Fourth Edition

The BBVA Foundation has awarded the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Basic Sciences category to Paul Alivisatos and Michael Grätzel for their fundamental contributions to the development of new nanomaterials that are already being applied both in solar energy production and in next-...Read more about Alivisatos and Grätzel receive the Frontiers Award for developing new nanomaterials applied in renewable energies

The latest U.S. News & World Report national rankings has placed the College’s graduate programs in chemistry and...Read more about College of Chemistry graduate programs get high honors in new U.S. News rankings

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,...Read more about FDA approves first test of CRISPR to correct genetic defect causing sickle cell disease

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, PhD, the NMR facility manager....Read more about A very strong magnet: QB3-Berkeley’s 900 MHz NMR Facility

Illustration of atomic scale quantum dot arrays; courtesy of the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Bright semiconductor nanocrystals known as quantum dots give QLED TV screens their vibrant colors. But attempts to increase the intensity of that light generate...Read more about Scientists uncover a process that stands in the way of making quantum dots brighter

Seniors Brendan Huang and Carolyn Hong, who both have received the COVID-19 vaccine and are in the same social bubble, met in an organic chemistry lab as sophomores, became fast friends and wound up baking sourdough bread together. It’s an adventure that Hong calls “our sourdough...Read more about COVID Stories: Sourdough bread with a purpose

Scientists at Berkeley Lab’s predecessor, the UC Radiation Laboratory, discovered berkelium in 1949, and californium in 1950. Today, Berkeley Lab scientists are using state-of-the-art instruments at the Molecular Foundry to better understand how actinides like berkelium and...Read more about Do You Know the Way to Berkelium, Californium?

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Keeping enemies on the run is all part of the job for soldiers in the U.S. Army, yet troops stationed in the world’s hot spots frequently face another relentless foe: thirst. But scientists at GE Research and their partners at U.S. universities...Read more about Portable oasis: GE and its partners plan to build a box to produce water from air