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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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UC Riverside |

Reshaping the solar spectrum to turn light to electricity

UC Riverside researchers find a way to use the infrared region of the sun’s spectrum to make solar cells more efficient.
UC Santa Barbara |

A cataclysmic event of a certain age

UC Santa Barbara geologist James Kennett part of team that narrows date of cooling event most likely triggered by a cosmic impact.
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UC Food Observer |

Q&A: Lucia Kaiser and Dorina Espinoza, nutrition researchers and educators

Kaiser is part of a UC team that’s recently completed a research project on a program called “Plan, Shop, Save & Cook.” The findings have implications for identifying strategies that tackle food insecurity. Espinoza has participated in subsequent research.
UCLA |

Study may show way to predict autism or psychosis in children with genetic disorder

UCLA-led research may help lead to earlier, more targeted intervention for people with DiGeorge syndrome.
UC Newsroom |

University of California campuses dominate global rankings

All 10 campuses on a list of the 1,000 best universities compiled by the Center for World University Rankings.
UC Santa Barbara |

UC Santa Barbara is West Coast hub for photonics institute

Public-private partnership is bid to advance technology and boost manufacturing to create high-tech jobs.
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UC Davis |

Almonds contribute little to carbon emissions, study finds

Almonds have a surprisingly small carbon footprint compared to other nutrient-rich crops, reports a team of researchers at UC Davis and UC Agriculture and Natural Resources.
In a TED talk, Pamela Ronald describes her decade-long quest to isolate a gene that allows rice to survive prolonged flooding.
UC Davis |

Rice disease-resistance discovery closes loop for scientific integrity

Researchers hope to use information to develop new strategies to prevent infection in various crops.
UC Davis |

Drought, climate change fuel high-elevation California fires

Wildfires in California’s fabled Sierra Nevada mountain range are increasingly burning high-elevation forests, which historically have seldom burned,
Lake Tahoe
UC Davis |

Curb the algae to keep Tahoe blue

Algae, not clarity, is the key factor in the lake's azure waters.
THOR robot on the soccer pitch
UCLA |

THOR kicks to the top of robot soccer

UCLA/Penn team won first place at RoboCup, a global robot soccer tournament held in China.
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UC Riverside |

Soybean oil may be more fattening than fructose or coconut oil

The main ingredient in vegetable oil is linked to weight gain, fatty liver, diabetes and insulin resistance.