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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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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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UC Riverside mosquitoes self-destruct
UC Riverside |

Making mosquitoes self-destruct

Researchers generate genetically engineered insects to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases.
UCSF teeth lasers
UCSF |

Painless dental lasers can render teeth cavity-resistant

New technology for repairing teeth and strengthening enamel may soon be in a dental office near you.
Elizabeth Villa UC San Diego
UC San Diego |

Women rising

Women scientists surpass men as leaders of the campus' biggest research grants.
UCLA hydrogen cars for the masses
UCLA |

Hydrogen cars for the masses one step closer to reality, thanks to UCLA invention

2-in-1 device creates and stores energy from solar to power almost anything.
UC Davis wheat
UC Davis |

Gene discovery may halt worldwide wheat epidemic

Scientists hope they can fend off a devastating strain of stem rust.
Casablanca Bergman
UC Santa Barbara |

We'll always have ‘Casablanca’

As the beloved film turns 75, a scholar reflects on its enduring relevance.
Meera Nair Jessica Jang UC Riverside
UC Riverside |

New hope for treating sepsis

Study shows human protein resistin greatly boosts the survival rate against a condition that currently kills one in five.
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UC San Diego |

Cross off your to-do list

As little as 30 minutes of light activity (chores, errands) may lower mortality risk for women over 65.
Driverless cars
UC Davis |

Driverless cars could be a solution to climate change, but two things have to happen

Driverless vehicle use worldwide could lower traffic congestion and emissions contributing to climate change by 50 percent or more in 2050, according to a 2017 report led by global transport expert Lewis Fulton at the Institute of Transportation…
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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 Davis |

You say you want a transportation revolution? How about three of them?

Three transportation revolutions are in sight, and together, they could help reduce traffic, improve livability, eventually save trillions of dollars each year, and reduce urban transportation carbon dioxide emissions by 80 percent or more worldwide by 2050.…
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UC Santa Cruz |

Conversations I wish I had

Death is not a dirty word to alumna Morgan Brown, whose art projects take on mortality taboos.