Nanotechnology

Nanocarriers may carry new hope for brain cancer therapy

November 20, 2015

Ting Xu. Photo by Roy Kaltschmidt.

Xu and fellow Berkeley Lab researchers develop nanoparticles that can carry therapeutics across the brain blood barrier. Photo by Roy Kaltschmidt

President Obama Honors Nation’s Leading Scientists and Innovators

May 19, 2016

Paul AlivisatosPaul Alivisatos was awarded the National Medal of Science for his foundational contributions to the field of nanoscience; nanotechnologies; and for his leadership in the nanoscience community.

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The Future of Nanoscience

December 10, 2014

Paul AlivisatosKavli Nanoscience Institute Directors Paul Alivisatos, Paul McEuen, and Nai-Chang Yeh – discuss what makes the nanoscale so important, the field’s grand challenges, safety challenges, and their thoughts on funding, training and the future.

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Copper catalyst yields high efficiency CO2-to-fuels conversion

September 19, 2017

Schematic of a new catalyst.Peidong Yang and fellow Berkeley Lab scientists discover critical role of nanoparticle transformation.

Alivisatos to receive the 2017 NAS Award in Chemical Sciences

January 25, 2017

Paul AlivisatosArmand 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.