UC Newsroom |

How Captain America inspired new fuel-efficient cars

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.

UC San Diego |

Fruit fly brains inform search engines of the future

How fruit flies identify similarities between odors offers a new approach for search algorithms.

UCSF |

Preventing disease with the help of social media

Eleni Linos focuses on how technology influences our behaviors to make an impact on health.

UC Berkeley |

How American cities can make sci-fi a reality

David Sedlak finds a solution to our water woes in "Dune."

UC Berkeley |

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 |

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 Newsroom |

UC named national leader in clean energy

The university was one of only eight organizations nationwide to earn the distinction.

UC Riverside |

Drones to grow minds of their own

UC Riverside professors aim to embed intelligence in drones.

UC Santa Cruz |

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.

UC Merced |

Animations that are true to life

Animated films are about to take a leap forward, thanks to math.

UC San Diego |

Stefan Savage receives prestigious MacArthur Foundation fellowship

The renowned cybersecurity expert and computer science professor joins the 2017 class of MacArthur geniuses.

UC San Diego |

Could these flip-flops save the earth?

These $3, algae-based renewable sandals could become the planet's preferred shoe.