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Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Moving groundbreaking research and discovery out of the lab and into the marketplace.

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Glass Brain
Take a tour of your thoughts with the 'Glass Brain'
The Glass Brain is kind of like it sounds. It’s a colorful, 3-D window into all the mysterious activities that light up the brain.
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New UC Regents awards to celebrate and encourage innovation across the UC system
The new awards will recognize groundbreaking research, transformative startups and community partnerships that exemplify the University’s commitment to innovation and public benefit. Nominations close May 1.
Two people walk next to a long set of solar panels over a canal
Solar-panel-covered canals have their day in the sun in California
California’s first solar-over-canal project goes online with the commissioning of the narrow and wide span arrays in the Turlock Irrigation District, bringing to life the ultimate “why didn’t I think of that!” idea.
A man with glasses in a brown jacket smiles at the camera in a lab (Omar Yaghi)
UC Berkeley’s Omar Yaghi shares 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry
Yaghi created a field called reticular chemistry, which involves stitching together molecular building blocks to form porous structures — metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) — with myriad applications.