UCLA |
First successful heart transplant after using experimental artificial organ
Device is designed for use by smaller patients, buying time until a donor heart can be found.
UC Santa Cruz |
Scholarships available for UC Santa Cruz organic farming apprenticeships
Application period opens for 2016 program -- applications due Aug. 15 for international applicants, Sept. 30 for U.S.…
UC Santa Cruz |
Santa Cruz develops online courses available to all UC students
Online calculus courses are the first cross-campus courses that satisfy prerequisites at all nine UC undergraduate…
UC Santa Barbara via The Conversation |
Concrete jungle: Cities adapt to growing ranks of urban wildlife
In recent years, a host of charismatic wild species have returned to American cities in numbers not seen for…
UCLA |
Stem cell gene therapy holds promise for eliminating HIV infection
Method modifies immune cells to attack the virus and could be used to treat other diseases.
UC Santa Barbara |
A win-win-win-win
With $1.5 million in National Science Foundation funding, a group of researchers from UC Santa Barbara and partner…
UC Davis |
UC Davis saves 61 million gallons of water a year
New process in campus cooling system will result in a 9 percent cut in the amount of potable water used.
UCLA |
Congo Basin Institute partnership is a ‘game-changer’ for environmental protection
Institute targets deforestation and disease control in the world's second largest rainforest.
UC Berkeley |
How to grow back the back
Engineered cartilage surfaces hold promise for treating damaged spinal discs.
UC Newsroom |
13 UC projects win statewide sustainability awards
California Higher Education Sustainability Conference Best Practice Awards recognize innovations made by campuses.
UCLA |
Bone-building protein stimulates bone stem cells
Study results could mean good news for people with osteoporosis or those with traumatic bone injuries.
UC San Diego |
Exit dinosaurs, enter fishes
The mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs gave rise to the modern ‘Age of Fishes.’