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Alumni Rod Panos looks back on his years as a chemistry student during the Free Speech Movement as its anniversary approaches.Read more about From chemistry student to witness: Rod Panos and the birth of the Free Speech Movement

Markita Landry is awarded the Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists for pioneering nanoscale chemical tools to address disparate challenges in human health and sustainability.Read more about Markita Landry announced as laureate for Blavatnik National Award

In a video on CNN's Global Public Square, biochemist Jennifer Doudna tells Fareed Zakaria what it was like to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020 and how her discovery opens up new possibilities.Read more about On GPS: The gene editing revolution

Professor Omar M. Yaghi was awarded the 2024 Balzan Prize by the International Balzan Prize Foundation.Read more about Omar Yaghi awarded 2024 Balzan Prize

New research from a team of chemists at UC Berkeley suggests a glimmer of hope when it comes to the thorny problem of recycling plastics — one that may enable us to have our cake, and potentially take a very small bite too.Read more about Has a UC Berkeley chemistry lab discovered the holy grail of plastic recycling?

UC Berkeley microbiologist makes the case for Neurospora-laced oat pulp and cheesy moldy bread.Read more about Can fungi turn food waste into the next culinary sensation?

Chef-turned-chemist Vayu Hill-Maini has a unique passion: transforming food waste into culinary delights using fungi.Read more about Fungi fusion: Turning food waste into culinary delights

The catalytic process, discovered by researchers at UC Berkeley, efficiently reduces polymers to chemical precursors, bringing a circular economy for plastics one step closer to reality.Read more about New process vaporizes plastic bags and bottles, yielding gases to make new, recycled plastics

A course at the University of California, Berkeley, gets first-year chemistry graduate students thinking about the field’s broader impact.Read more about Teaching chemistry citizenship

Three major startups have faltered over the past year, but smaller firms are finding a niche.Read more about Synthetic biology, once hailed as a moneymaker, meets tough times