But the same property that makes them great delivery vehicles — their positive charge — also triggers high levels of ...

Growing up, many of us were taught to drop, cover and hold on during an earthquake. The guidance is straightforward, but how people actually respond when the ground starts shaking can be far more ...

Along the vast ocean floor lives a species of glass sponge known as Venus’ flower basket. Though delicate-looking, its exterior belies an exceptionally strong, lightweight skeleton that has intrigued ...

Having survived nearly two millennia, Roman concrete structures are widely regarded as outstanding examples of durable ancient engineering. Researchers have often attributed this longevity to the ...

Marking a breakthrough in the field of nanophotonics, a team of researchers from UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has unlocked a new way to power nanoscale ...

Each year about 49 million Americans experience food-borne illnesses, resulting in 128,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths. But what if every refrigerator came equipped with an electronic nose that ...

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From solar-powered cars to Kármán-crossing rockets, the projects that Berkeley Engineering students build today are bigger, more complex and more ambitious than ever. To provide students with critical ...

IEOR and EECS professor Ken Goldberg in his lab at UC Berkeley’s Berkeley Way West. (Photo by Adam Lau/UC Berkeley Engineering) The Telegarden expanded on a concept Goldberg pioneered in 1994, when he ...

Researchers burn an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) in a controlled test, to study the impacts of wildfire. (Image courtesy Michael Gollner) As California’s population boomed — from 10 million in 1950 ...

Beauty is not foreign to mathematics. The natural order is far more interdisciplinary than academia’s hyper-compartmentalized disciplines might suggest. Take the Strauch Hypercube, hanging in the ...

The growing popularity of electronic devices — from fitness trackers and laptops to smartphones — is driving demand for more energy-efficient computing chips. Now, researchers have found a way to ...