Posts by Brett Israel

pryoelectric thin film device

Campus news

Thin film converts heat from electronics into energy

Process could capture heat from computers, cars and use it to generate power

Associate Adjunct Professor Patrick Gonzalez

Research

Berkeley ecologist selected as a lead author for IPCC report

Gerd ceder portrait

Research

New technology could wean the battery world off cobalt

StimDust cuffed to a nerve

Mind & body

Berkeley engineers build smallest volume, most efficient wireless nerve stimulator

Burger and fries

Eating out increases exposure to harmful phthalates

photo of surface mining

Land degradation pushing planet towards sixth mass extinction

Getaround iphone app in use

Why some people are selling their cars and renting their neighbors’

Atomically thin light emitting device opens the possibility for ‘invisible’ displays

David Patterson

David Patterson, pioneer of modern computer architecture, receives Turing Award

The white fiber mat containing an enzyme, seen here in white, contains a stable enzyme that can break down a toxic chemical. Credit: Christopher DelRe and Charley Huang.

Researchers create a protein ‘mat’ that can soak up pollution

Mottled-Molokai spider

How brightly colored spiders evolved on Hawaii again and again … and again

A way to grow plants with less water

white fat, brown fat diagram credit Ray Soccio

Brown fat flexes its muscle to burn energy — and calories

Berkeley Law Professor Emeritus David Caron

Berkeley Law professor emeritus David Caron dies

Ion Stoica

$10 million for Berkeley RISELab’s AI research

Earthquake expert Stephen Mahin passes away at 71