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After service, new purpose: UC’s student veterans find their next mission

Across the University of California’s 10 campuses, military-connected students bring a sense of discipline, purpose and camaraderie that shapes how they learn and lead at UC.

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UC Riverside |

Study links America’s favorite cooking oil to obesity

Scientists previously identified an association between soybean oil and obesity. Now, they've uncovered one of the reasons for the link.
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UC Irvine |

From toxicity to healing: Changing the culture of online gaming

UC Irvine researcher Constance Steinkuehler finds toxicity in gaming in one setting and hope in another.
Students at the UC Davis campus watch grazing sheep from behind a fence
UC Davis |

New field of ecological medicine emphasizes health benefits of connectedness

Ecological medicine is a new approach to health science that draws on a very old idea: connecting with each other, with animals and plants, and with the natural world fosters health and well-being for people and the planet.
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UC Davis |

Extracting rare earth elements from U.S. wastewaters

$3M in federal funding will strengthen the domestic supply chain to support U.S. energy and manufacturing.
Colorful 3D geometric shapes—spheres, cones, rings, and curved tubes—float around a stylized cursor hand pressing a pink rectangular button on a simplified computer window. The objects glow with neon gradients against a dark purple background, creating a playful, futuristic scene.
UC Santa Barbara |

New haptic display technology creates 3D graphics you can see and feel

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have invented a display technology for on-screen graphics that can be felt via touch.
2 zebra finches, with white bellies, gray backs and orange cheeks, sit close together on a nest in a box.
UC Berkeley |

Finch chirps are more than mindless chatter. They actually convey meaning.

A UC Berkeley study shows that when zebra finches hear the call of another zebra finch, they have a mental representation of its meaning — they understand what they're hearing.
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UC Newsroom |

The next big breakthroughs in Alzheimer’s science and treatment

The outlook for dementia care is changing fast. UC experts explain what that means for patients and families, and what it will take to keep the momentum growing.
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UC Berkeley Greater Good Magazine |

Can you be grateful for things that didn’t happen?

We are usually grateful for good things that happened to us—but with a little imagination, we can also be grateful for bad things we avoided.
Microscopy image showing a very small stem cell-engineered CAR-NKT cell (blue dot) attacking a human solid tumor cell (magenta spread out, amoeba-like shape)
UCLA |

UCLA scientists develop one-product-fits-all immunotherapy for pancreatic cancer

UCLA researchers have developed a CAR-NKT cell therapy that has been more effective than current immunotherapies at fighting tumors in mouse studies. Clinical trials are next.
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UC ANR |

Purple sweet potatoes create buzz

UC Cooperative Extension farm advisor works with LSU breeder to develop new sweet potato varieties for California
A woman wearing sunglasses crouched in a grassy field with cattle far in the background
UC Newsroom |

The 4-H alumni keeping California farming strong

Kids join 4-H to have fun, learn new skills, and give back — so it’s no surprise the UC-administered program’s alumni continue to make an impact in so many California communities today.
Two people walk next to a long set of solar panels over a canal
UC Newsroom |

Solar-panel-covered canals have their day in the sun in California

California’s first solar-over-canal project goes online with the commissioning of the narrow and wide span arrays in the Turlock Irrigation District, bringing to life the ultimate “why didn’t I think of that!” idea.