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UC Newsroom |
Coming of age in a warming world: How UC students are turning climate anxiety into action
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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.
UCLA |
Researchers create molecule that could ‘kick and kill’ HIV
A synthetic particle can awaken dormant virus cells and knock them out in lab animals — a significant advance.
UC Davis |
Why a little dirt is good for us
Disinfectants can inhibit cellular energy production and even lead to an increased risk of Parkinson's disease.
UC San Diego |
Could these flip-flops save the earth?
These $3, algae-based renewable sandals could become the planet's preferred shoe.
UC Riverside |
The next generation of avocados
As the fruit gains popularity worldwide, a new program plans to make it ever better.
UC Berkeley |
How generosity in disasters flows in both directions
Sharing what we have activates pleasure circuits in the brain, says the Greater Good Science Center.
UC Riverside |
Erasing your fears?
Researchers have developed a method to selectively erase fear memories in the brain.
UC Berkeley |
UC Berkeley alum Barry Barish wins 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics
His work on the discovery of gravitational waves helped prove Einstein's general theory of relativity right.
UCSF |
The most detailed look yet at an animal's brain
The C. elegans worm may have only 302 neurons, but for the first time, scientists can see them all one by one.
UC Berkeley |
New podcast explores people, places behind the food we eat
The Berkeley Food Institute explores the network of people and places behind what we eat in a new series.
UC San Diego |
DNA mutations found in blood predict response to immunotherapy in patients with cancer
In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists find you don't need a biopsy to determine if the treatment will work.
UCLA |
Black tea may help with weight loss, too
The beverage promotes good health and lower weight by changing the mixture of bacteria in the gut.
UC Davis |
The diet soda effect of buying a fuel-efficient vehicle
Yikes — consumers often compensate for fuel-efficient cars by buying a bigger second vehicle.