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Berkeley researchers have developed a more accurate way to predict semiconductor band gaps, improving our understanding of how temperature affects electronic and optical materials.

A More Accurate Prediction of Band-Gap Energies A computational framework captures the influence of many-body effects on semiconductor band gaps.

Congratulations to Benjamin Safdi, one of two UC Berkeley faculty members to receive the 2026 David Blackwell Award, recognizing exceptional scholarship, teaching, and service in the College of Letters & Science.

UC Berkeley Letters & Science announces 2026 L&S Faculty Award recipients UC Berkeley's College of Letters

By clarifying the differences among various types of exploding stars, Alex Filippenko enabled them to be used to measure the expansion of the universe.

Astrophysicist Alex Filippenko awarded Gruber Cosmology Prize for work on supernovae - Berkeley News By clarifying the differences among various types of exploding stars, Filippenko enabled them to be used to measure the expansion of the universe.