Innovation
Spying the Secrets of Creativity
By Coby McDonaldIn late January of 1958, five of America’s most renowned writers converged in a repurposed frat house just off the Berkeley campus for what promised to be a long, strange weekend.
How to Turn Desert Air Into Water
By Esther OhMetal organic frameworks offer solutions to "the greatest problems facing our planet."
What Your Brain Sounds Like On Music
By Pat JosephUsing artificial intelligence software, Berkeley scientists successfully reconstructed the Pink Floyd song “Another Brick in the Wall” from recordings made of electrical activity in patients’ brains as they listened.
Berkeley Goes to Silicon Valley—and Space!
By Chancellor Carol T. ChristWe have recently been reminded that creativity comes in packages large and small.
Want to Solve the Climate Crisis? Invest in Africa
By David SilverbergAs Deputy Director of World Resources Institute Africa, Shirley is on a mission to accelerate the continent’s clean energy industry and spread awareness about the paltry financing the sector currently attracts.
The Day After Oppenheimer
By Elena CavenderIn late May of 2022, UC Berkeley entered a time machine.
Berkeley’s Alum of the Year is a Steady Hand in Guiding the Webb Space Telescope
By Susan KarlinTwo months before NASA unveiled the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope to the world last summer, some 50 astronomers and engineers anxiously gathered in the mission’s control room at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore for the moment of truth.
6 (More) Things You’ll Never Believe Came from Berkeley!
By Pat JosephCurb cuts, smokestack scrubbers, hanging chads, and more!
Bringing Real Smarts to Artificial Intelligence
By Chancellor Carol T. Christ“Our newest academic unit could not be more perfectly positioned.”
11 Things You’ll Never Believe Came Out of Berkeley!
By Pat JosephYeah, okay, you’ll probably believe some of it. Still, we think it’s a fun list.
We’re not an Asian Brand. We’re not an American Brand. We’re an Asian-American Brand.
By Margie CullenOlivia Chen and Pauline Ang have been friends for 20 years. During the pandemic, they decided to start their own canned milk tea company, Twrl.
What If We “Supercharged” Plants to Stop Climate Change?
By Margie CullenThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has cited carbon dioxide removal as essential to limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, the Paris Agreement’s climate target.
