Fetal Surgery Stands to Advance From New Glues Inspired by Mussels by Catalina Estrada June 30, 2016 UC Berkeley engineer Professor Phillip Messersmith is happy to be learning lessons from a lowly mollusk, with the expectation that the knowledge gained will enable him and fellow physicians to prevent deaths among their youngest patients — those…

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Materials Project Releases Massive Trove of Battery and Molecule Data by Catalina Estrada June 23, 2016 The Materials Project, a Google-like database of material properties aimed at accelerating innovation, has released an enormous trove of data to the public, giving scientists working on fuel cells, photovoltaics, thermoelectrics and a host of other advanced materials a…

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Professor Peidong Yang Elected to National Academy of Science by Catalina Estrada June 23, 2016 Professor Peidong Yang is one of six UC Berkeley faculty elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) this year.  The NAS is the most prestigious recognition of the contributions of a scientist in the US.  The NAS, along with…

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