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UC Newsroom |
Coming of age in a warming world: How UC students are turning climate anxiety into action
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UC Newsroom |
A UC degree launched Miguel Tamayo’s life as an aerospace engineer. Here’s how he paid for college.
Lawrence Livermore Lab |
Design standards for dams are effective against earthquakes
Computer modeling confirms that soil filters — long used as a safety net against cracks in the dam's soil — perform well in the face of strong shaking.
UC Riverside |
Students invent device to cut lawnmower pollution
Device eliminates 93 percent of emissions from lawnmowers, which produce 11 times the air pollution of a new car for each hour of operation.
UC Irvine |
Satellites reveal possible catastrophic flooding months in advance
River basin storage data from on high are excellent indicators of overflow potential
UC San Diego |
Why ‘whispers’ among bees sometimes evolve into ‘shouts’
Some Brazilian bees warn would-be competitors that their prime source of food will be fiercely defended if they show up to the site.
UC Natural Reserve System |
Raising an invisible barn
Environmental art project at Sagehen Creek Field Station is designed to provoke questions about the presence of people in nature.
UC Berkeley |
Extinct human cousin gave Tibetans advantage at high elevation
Common ancestors of Han Chinese and Tibetans interbred with a mysterious human-like group and picked up a unique gene variant that later helped them adapt to a low-oxygen environment.
UC Newsroom |
UC launches Global Food Initiative
University aims to help put the world on a path to sustainably and nutritiously feed itself.
UC Berkeley |
Blind lead the way in brave new world of tactile technology
People are faster at navigating tactile technology when using both hands and fingers, and the vision impaired have an advantage over those with sight.
UC Berkeley |
What monkeys tell us about our thirst for booze
Robert Dudley discusses his new book, the evidence that our attraction to alcohol is an evolutionary adaptation, and what this means for efforts to prevent alcohol abuse.
UC San Diego |
Marine bacteria are natural source of chemical fire retardants
Some natural compounds closely mimic toxic man-made chemicals that disrupt human hormones.
UCLA |
Linguist, Indians use social media to revive extinct language
Gabrielino-Tongva descendants learn Tongva through professor's Facebook page.
UC Davis |
Home cooks engage in risky food practices
Undercooked chicken and unwashed hands are among the unsafe practices common in American kitchens.