Berkeley Engineering

Using the microbiome to combat lung pathogens
Novel approach offers a way to stop deadly infections without using antibiotics
After decades searching for ET, UC Berkeley scientists home in on 100 signals
UC Berkeley’s SETI@home, one of the most popular crowd-sourced research projects ever, originally yielded 12 billion signals of interest
Researchers uncover new rules for designing protein-like polymers
Findings could lead to eco-friendly plastics and other materials

News

National Nuclear Security Administration renews $25M grant to UC Berkeley-led university consortium

DOE agency grant will support R&D in nuclear science, engineering and security

Berkeley Engineering’s 2025 in review

Nine standout stories from the year

Two UC Berkeley professors elected to the National Academy of Inventors

Ana Claudia Arias and Tahir Ghani named as 2025 fellows

UC Berkeley study shows how patenting boosts pure research

Researchers who both publish papers and file patents were found to produce work that is more novel and more influential

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