Now humans can navigate by sonar

UC Berkeley
July 7, 2015
Physicists use graphene to build lightweight ultrasonic loudspeakers and microphones, enabling people to mimic bats or dolphins’ ability to gauge distance and speed by using sound.

Spinning silk sans spiders

California Magazine
July 2, 2015
It took a lot of spiders for Berkeley and UCSF alums to create a synthetic silk that's virtually identical to the real deal.