UC Newsroom |
How to rethink your New Year's resolutions (according to science)
The question-behavior effect, a cognitive quirk, can set your new actions up for success.
UC Santa Barbara |
The international statistic of the year
Roland Geyer's much lauded finding is a sobering one: 91 percent of the world's plastic waste has never been recycled.
UC Davis |
The female historians unearthing women's stories
A new Oxford handbook restores women to their rightful place on the world's stage.
UC Newsroom |
UC’s most buzzworthy research of 2018
A looming beer shortage, the gender paradox and consumer products dominated the conversation this year.
UC Newsroom |
Famous UC writers on their favorite books
UC’s leading literary lights give us ideas for a holiday read.
UC San Diego |
The buzz about a malaria prevention drug
Half a million tests and many mosquitoes later, reserarchers are zeroing in on compounds that could prevent the disease…
UC San Francisco |
Depression, anxiety may take same toll on health as smoking and obesity
Arthritis, heart disease, stroke — but not cancer — are strongly swayed by psychological status, study finds.
UC Irvine |
Growing up digital
A new lab investigates the smartphone generation.
UC Berkeley |
3 easy strategies for dealing with difficult relatives
Why does your family know how to push your buttons? They installed them. Here's how to take stress out of the holidays.
UCSF |
Sex chromosomes hold the secret to female longevity
Two X’s and ovaries extend life and protect mice from aging.
UCLA |
Administrations change, but tendency to believe threats does not
Research shows political views predict whether people trust false information about dangers — no matter who's in…
UC Davis and UC San Diego |
Secrets of the jellyfish genome
The first in-depth look at the jellyfish genome shows how they build a complex life history with simple genes.