Power of 10: News from UC campuses
UC Berkeley researchers found that despite Web privacy claims most popular U.S. Web sites use "bugs" to gather user marketing information for third parties and corporate affiliates.
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UC Davis teamed up with Brazilian scientists to breed a herd of genetically modified goats whose milk carries an enzyme that protects against child intestinal diseases in developing countries.
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UC Irvine received accreditation for its bachelor's degree nursing program and graduated an inaugural nursing class of 36 students.
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UCLA's Center for Health Policy Research found that long-term care costs for California seniors living alone exceed their annual income. In Los Angeles County, seniors need twice the annual median income to pay for in-home care, rent and food.
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UC Merced has seen a 27 percent jump in freshman enrollment for fall 2009 and a 94 percent increase in freshmen compared with fall 2007. That puts the campus on track to serve an enrollment of 3,200 students.
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UC Riverside will use an $843,492 AmeriCorps grant for the University Eastside Community Collaborative, a community service and tutoring program designed to improve the neighborhoods surrounding the campus.
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UC San Diego astrophysicist Frank Shu was awarded the $1 million Shaw Prize in Astronomy for contributing to our understanding of how the universe formed.
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UC San Francisco has partnered with global health care company Abbott to launch a nonprofit virus diagnostic center to identify viral strains like the H1N1 virus.
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UC Santa Barbara researchers have created a nanoparticle that can attack plaque on the walls of arteries, a leading cause of heart disease.
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UC Santa Cruz's Predatory Bird Research Group has attracted record numbers of volunteers to watch over fledgling falcons as they take their first flights from urban nests in San Francisco and San Jose. The group was instrumental in the recovery of the peregrine falcon population.
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