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On Sept. 7 at around 3 a.m., UC Berkeley energy and chemistry professor Peidong Yang received a phone call informing him that he won the 2020 Global Energy Prize for his research.
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The Peidong Yang Group in the UC Berkeley College of Chemistry published a study revealing an advancement to efficiently produce oxygen from carbon dioxide and sunlight using both organic and inorganic components in a hybrid device.
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The increasing demand for sustainable and renewable energy prompted the development and use of nanotechnology to harness solar power, according to the study, which was published in Nature Nanotechnology, a scientific journal, on Oct. 1.
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Six campus faculty members were elected to the National Academy of Sciences, or NAS, one of the nation’s most prestigious scientific societies, according to a Tuesday NAS release.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and UC Berkeley researchers recently discovered a more energy-efficient way to create nanoscale lasers with potential applications for rapidly transmitting large amounts of data in the future.
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A UC Berkeley professor and three alumni were among 24 distinguished individuals who were awarded Tuesday this year’s MacArthur Fellowships, also known as “genius grants.”
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A UC Berkeley professor of chemistry and three alumni were among this year’s class of MacArthur Fellows, recipients of the achievement award commonly known as the “genius grant.”
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A newly formed multidisciplinary alliance between UC Berkeley and the world’s largest chemical company that launched Wednesday could one day lead to groundbreaking innovations such as printed electronics.
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