The researchers found that non-composted mulch could sustain flaming combustion, exhibiting faster fire spread, greater flame ...

Berkeley engineer Evan Variano explains how underwater kites could expand the world’s renewable energy portfolio ...

For many of us, getting a COVID-19 shot was our first encounter with lipid nanoparticles. These tiny fat droplets can safely carry messenger RNA (mRNA) and other therapeutics into our cells. But the ...

Five UC Berkeley students were honored as Siebel Scholars Foundation’s class of 2027. The graduate students — all from computer science — join more than 2,000 distinguished honorees advancing research ...

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 ...

When designing microscopes, optical engineers have long faced a trade-off between speed, field of view and resolution. But improving one of these properties typically comes at the expense of another.

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 ...

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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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 ...