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Traditionally, fluorescence microscopes (blue images) are used to image tumors. A new image sensor (purple images) could do the same, less invasively.

Tiny sensor aims to monitor tumors in real time

04/19/24 — IEEE Spectrum: Novel device could potentially provide a better alternative to biopsies
Illustration of a robot arm, vials, a laptop and a beaker on a desk facing the window.

How scientists are accelerating chemistry discoveries with automation

04/08/24 — Berkeley Lab: New statistical-modeling workflow, developed by MSE professor Kristin Persson’s group, may help advance drug discovery and synthetic chemistry
A grey reef shark, Cairns Aquarium, Australia.

Bioinspired design reduces drag and noise production for towed sonar arrays

04/01/24 — Textured surface mimics shark skin to make underwater instruments more effective and environmentally friendly
Photo of Egyptian fruit bat clinging to branch. A new study finds that the part of bats’ brains that controls vocalizations has the same neural and genetic machinery as the part of the human brain that controls speech, making bats ideal candidates for understanding speech development and pathology.

What bats can teach us about the evolution of human speech

02/29/24 — Study shows how bats may be ideal candidates for understanding human speech development and pathology
Image of BB-8, a robot with a dome-shaped head and spherical body colored white with orange and silver geometric accents, seen in Star Wars films.

Researchers explore the phenomenon of holonomy

02/13/24 — New insights may advance motion and path planning for spherical robots
Jennifer Doudna speaks on stage while standing behind a podium and laptop.

Jennifer Doudna: Delivering the future of CRISPR-based genome editing

02/08/24 — Nobel laureate details new applications at Kuh Distinguished Lecture

With flexibility comes possibility

11/06/23 — Funding for faculty fellowships will ignite the most important discoveries of the future.
Image of Grace Gu with microchip in the background, along with an image depicting AI, University of California, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Grace Gu selected as inaugural recipient of the LLNL Early Career UC Faculty Initiative

10/02/23 — LLNL: Assistant professor of mechanical engineering to receive $1M as part of LLNL, University of California partnership for AI-driven additive manufacturing research
Arc Institute

Iain Clark selected as Innovation Investigator by Arc Institute

09/20/23 — Berkeley Engineering professor awarded $1M to pursue “curiosity-driven” research
Sanjam Garg, Ronald Fearing and Phillip Messersmith

Three Berkeley Engineering professors selected for Bakar Fellows Spark Awards

08/31/23 Berkeley News — Awards will provide support for innovative research in cryptography, robotics and medicine
Research participant, sitting in a wheelchair, is connected by wires to a computer and monitor that displays an avatar. A research coordinator can be seen walking behind the monitor, and in the foreground, someone is holding a laptop computer.

Novel brain implant helps paralyzed woman speak using a digital avatar

08/23/23 — Berkeley engineers explain how advances in AI could help restore natural communication
Image of Berkeley Campanile in an interactive 3D graphic flyover, made with Nerfstudio.

Researchers create open-source platform for Neural Radiance Field development

07/25/23 — Plug-and-play framework makes it easier to collaborate and develop interactive 3D scenes
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing in petri dish

Greater access to water and sanitation could help curb antibiotic resistance

06/30/23 — Berkeley-led study highlights key role of community environmental factors in transmission of resistance genes
Silicon wafer (left), all-silicon photonic crystal cavity (center), containing a single atomic emissive center (right)

New all-silicon quantum light source developed by Berkeley researchers

06/07/23 — Technology could reliably feed quantum networks, untangle possibilities like quantum cryptography
Illustration of blood cells

Forever young

05/17/23 — Does the secret to vitality lie within the bloodstream? Scientists at the Conboy lab have identified crucial mechanisms underlying the aging process.
CrCoNi, for Chromium, Cobalt and nickel

As tough as they come

05/17/23 — Researchers measured the highest toughness of any material ever while studying an alloy made of chromium, cobalt and nickel.
Student with drone at TerraSwarm annual meeting

With flexibility comes possibility

05/17/23 — Funding for faculty fellowships will ignite the most important discoveries of the future.
Illustration of padlock and rows of binary code

UC Berkeley joins NSF-backed AI institute for cybersecurity

05/08/23 — Five faculty members to develop 'foundational technologies in learning and reasoning'
Photo of an artistic rendering of the brain, created using wire and light.

New Neurotech Collider Lab to harness interdisciplinary synergy for breakthrough innovations

04/17/23 BBH — BBH: The Bakar BioEnginuity Hub and Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology are partnering to create a new interdisciplinary space for world-changing breakthroughs in neurotech
Photo of a small model house balancing on cracked asphalt meant to represent an earthquake.

Berkeley Lab and PEER to release advanced Bay Area quake simulations

02/09/23 — Supercomputer-generated simulations will be available on an open-access website, giving the broader earthquake research community and engineers access to critical data
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