Berkeley Lab researchers measure black carbon in West Oakland
The multiyear project aimed to explore new ways to measure air pollution using low-cost sensors and study black carbon’s effects on human health and the environment.
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Category Archives: Research & Ideas
Scientists at Berkeley Lab discover ‘liquid magnets’ using 3D printing
The discovery was an unexpected accomplishment, according to the leader of the team’s study, Thomas Russell, who also serves as a visiting faculty scientist at Berkeley Lab and a professor of polymer science and engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
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UC obtains 8th patent for CRISPR gene-editing methods
The UC’s family of eight patents covers CRISPR methods for editing genes in any environment, whether the cells are in a plant, an animal or a human. This newest patent focuses specifically on the use of CRISPR gene editing within cells.
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Wymbo app seeks to notify students about events, opportunities at UC Berkeley
The co-founders of Wymbo, Haas School of Business student Raja Riahi and campus computer science alumnus Shawn Magee, are operating within Berkeley SkyDeck, a UC Berkeley startup accelerator and incubator program, to develop the app.
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UC Berkeley researcher examines climate change effects in indigenous Guatemalan farming community
Michael Bakal, a UC Berkeley doctoral student funded by the Center for Latin American Studies and a researcher taking part in an ongoing project in Guatemala, has suggested that climate change could fuel currents of northward immigration in his research.
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UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory plans to send 4 satellites into orbit by 2022
Led by two different teams of scientists and engineers at SSL, the four satellites, which will orbit around Mars and Earth, are a part of two missions to collect information about solar wind and space weather.
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Patent board announces interference between UC, Broad Institute CRISPR patents
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced an interference between multiple UC and multiple Broad Institute patents, a signal that the USPTO will resolve the seven-year ownership debate regarding CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing in eukaryotic cells.
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Berkeley-based team wins prize for carbon dioxide reduction technology
Two teams from the Bay Area — Opus 12, based in Berkeley, and New Energy Nexus/California Clean Energy Fund, or NEX/CalCEF, based in Oakland — won the Keeling Curve Prize, an award presented to teams across the world for developing global warming solutions, on June 28.
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UC Berkeley researchers examine environmental cues for elk migration
A recent study on elk migration patterns in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem provided insights into the flexibility of migration timing and its implications for the rest of the ecosystem.
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UC Berkeley researchers develop technique for detecting AI video simulations
UC Berkeley graduate student Shruti Agarwal and her thesis adviser Hany Farid are developing a new approach to detect deepfakes — artificial intelligence simulations that can portray convincing videos of individuals saying things they never said.
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