Distinguished mathematician and BIDMaP affiliate Christian Borgs has been awarded an honorary doctorate from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), recognizing his foundational contributions to network science, probability theory...
A team led by 2025 chemistry Nobel laureate Omar Yaghi has developed an artificial intelligence agent to speed the discovery of covalent organic frameworks (COFs). The AI agent acts as a lab assistant—automating the research process from...
Aditi Krishnapriyan, a faculty scientist in Berkeley Lab’s Applied Mathematics and Computational Research Division (AMCR) and assistant professor at UC Berkeley, has been awarded a prestigious 2025...
Civilisations name their ages after materials. In school, we learn about the Stone Age, the Bronze Age – and we are currently in a silicon age characterised by computers and phones. What might define the next age?
A new material developed by BIDMaP researchers captures CO₂ from outdoor air with unprecedented speed, marking a critical leap toward practical direct air capture technology...
Just three years after its launch, BIDMaP has translated an ambitious vision into reality. Teams have built autonomous laboratories that learn from experimentation, contributed to...
Omar Yaghi’s pioneering work on metal-organic frameworks opened up a new class of transformative materials. Researchers at Berkeley Lab and its DOE user facilities are designing MOFs for next...
A multi-institution research team has unveiled AIRES (Algorithmic Iterative Reticular Synthesis), a powerful AI-driven platform designed to dramatically speed up the discovery of new...
On December 10, the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony was held at the Stockholm Concert Hall, marking the annual presentation of the prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine...
BIDMaP Postdoctoral Fellow Alum Dr. Peichen Zhong has been selected as a 2025 AI2050 Early Career Fellow by Schmidt Sciences, one of the most prestigious global recognitions for researchers shaping the future of artificial...
EarthTech2025 is the third annual symposium organized by the College of Computing, Data Science, and Society in partnership with the Bakar Institute of Digital Materials for the Planet, the Department of Physics and Berkeley Discovery at UC Berkeley, with the goal
of bringing together experts and students...
Professor Omar M. Yaghi, BIDMaP Co-Director and Chief Scientist, has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry shared with Susumu Kitagawa and Richard Robson for pioneering metal organic frameworks (MOFs) that enable breakthroughs in...
Professor Omar M. Yaghi, BIDMaP Co-Director and Chief Scientist, has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, shared with Susumu Kitagawa and Richard...
BIDMaP is delighted to share that Professor Omar M. Yaghi has been selected to receive the 2025 Von Hippel Award, the highest honor conferred by the Materials Research Society (MRS).
