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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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Lawrence Berkeley Lab |

Solar cells absorb light at 30X the concentration of conventional cells

New solar cells absorb high-energy light at 30 times the concentration of conventional cells.
Cowboys of Western Amazonia
UC Santa Barbara |

Rainforest Cowboys

UC Santa Barbara anthropologist explores cattle raising, deforestation and ongoing tensions between conservation and development in the Amazon.
Mark Pollock
UCLA |

Completely paralyzed man voluntarily moves his legs

Robotic step training and noninvasive spinal stimulation enable patient to take thousands of steps.
man with CPAP machine
UCLA |

First evidence of how obstructive sleep apnea damages the brain

The disorder contributes to a breakdown of the blood–brain barrier, which protects brain tissue.
middle-aged man riding bicycle
UC San Francisco |

Bike injuries rise, especially among older riders

Resurgence of cycling is taking a toll on middle-aged cyclists: More are getting hurt, and their injuries are more serious.
student with magnetic field armband prototype
UC San Diego |

Magnetic fields provide a new way to communicate wirelessly

New technique could pave the way for ultra low power and high-security wireless communication systems.
Lake Oroville
UC ANR via The Conversation |

What would it take to end California’s drought?

The state has built momentum on water reform, but rains from an expected El Niño could stall it.
Terrie Williams and dolphin
UC Santa Cruz |

Healthy heart lessons from dogs, cats and surfers

Heart rates of big-wave surfers are among the surprises from 30 years of studying exercise physiology in people and wild animals.
red-footed booby amid plasict
UC Santa Barbara |

Virtually all seabirds are eating plastic

Thanks to its prevalence as garbage in the ocean, plastics have been ingested by nine out of every 10 seabirds now living.
Tracy's clarkia
UC Natural Reserve System |

Hunting for green treasure

Citizen scientists are joining botanists to find and measure California's plant diversity.
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UC San Francisco |

DNA guides 3-D printing of human tissue

Technique produces tiny models of human tissue, or ‘organoids,’ that can be used in cancer research and drug screening.
UC Santa Barbara |

Deflecting asteroids: fact or fiction?

Solar laser beams will push that deadly space rock out of a collision course with Earth: It sounds far-fetched, but it may be closer to reality than one might think.