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UC Newsroom |

Coming of age in a warming world: How UC students are turning climate anxiety into action

How do UC students think about their futures, knowing that the climate they were born into will probably look a whole lot different than the one they grow old in?

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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.

Hear how one student paid for a UC education. 

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UCLA |

Fractures, head injuries common in e-scooter collisions, according to new research

First-of-its-kind UCLA study analyzes the public health impacts of the increasingly popular scooters.
UC Merced electronics wiring crop
UC Merced |

Imagine a biodegradable cellphone

A look inside Moore Inventor Fellowship finalist Yue ‘Jessica’ Wang’s lab.
Courtney Baugh gaming
UC Riverside |

‘Most women don't use a mic’

Half of online gamers are women, but anti-woman abuse is rampant. Courtney Baugh has a solution.
Woman sleeping with sensors on her head
UC Berkeley |

Sleep loss truly causes you pain

Going without sleep heightens pain sensitivity and dulls the brain’s painkilling response.
Free Speech Center scholars
UC Newsroom |

UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement taps leading scholars to help drive vision, development

The UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement has named the members of its inaugural academic advisory board
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UCLA |

Don't wait to have fun, science says

Our quest for just the right moment often means missing out on having a good experience.
Tina Sacks UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley |

Why middle-class black women dread the doctor’s office

A new book by Tina Sacks tells the human stories behind racial biases in health care.
Man flu sick
UCSF |

What you should know about this year’s flu

Infectious disease expert and clinician Charles Chiu answers your questions about the flu.
UC San Diego printed implants
UC San Diego |

3-D printed implants show promise for treating spinal cord injury

The soft, implantable “bridges” guide new nerve cells to grow where the spinal cord has been severed.
UC Riverside Robert Rosenthal
UC Riverside |

From Timothy Leary's office to the company of giants

How Robert Rosenthal brought behavioral psychology to the masses with “Pygmalion in the Classroom.”
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UC Santa Cruz |

It's about time: Scientists figure out the length of a day on Saturn

Thanks to data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, astronomers are stumped no longer.
Multiple sclerosis brain scan
UCSF |

How gut immune cells can fight multiple sclerosis

Scientists are learning how our guts connect to our brains.