Mild-mannered materials scientist by day, comic book fan by night, Suveen Mathaudhu spends a lot of time thinking about superheroes. But it isn’t just a hobby: It’s research.
How Captain America inspired new fuel-efficient cars
Fruit fly brains inform search engines of the future
How fruit flies identify similarities between odors offers a new approach for search algorithms.
Preventing disease with the help of social media
Eleni Linos focuses on how technology influences our behaviors to make an impact on health.
How American cities can make sci-fi a reality
David Sedlak finds a solution to our water woes in "Dune."
Battling the bots Twitter won't
Two undergrads launch a browsing tool to help people check if they're communicating with a fake account.
UC Berkeley’s first campuswide tech club for women
Student-powered FEMTech runs workshops, provides tutoring, even builds robots — all to make women feel at home in STEM.
UC named national leader in clean energy
The university was one of only eight organizations nationwide to earn the distinction.
Drones to grow minds of their own
UC Riverside professors aim to embed intelligence in drones.
A new era in astronomy: First observations of merging neutron stars
A UC Santa Cruz team provides the first-ever visual evidence of the source of gravitational waves.
Animations that are true to life
Animated films are about to take a leap forward, thanks to math.
Stefan Savage receives prestigious MacArthur Foundation fellowship
The renowned cybersecurity expert and computer science professor joins the 2017 class of MacArthur geniuses.
Could these flip-flops save the earth?
These $3, algae-based renewable sandals could become the planet's preferred shoe.