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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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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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8 from UC among Scientific American’s top biotech visionaries

Worldview 100 highlights visionaries who continue to reshape the industry — and the world.
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UCLA |

Homelessness and LGBT youth

Study: Sexual and gender minorities are overrepresented among homeless youth.
UC San Diego |

Scripps alumna nominated to lead National Academy of Sciences

Academy members will vote on geophysicist Marcia McNutt's candidacy in December.
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UC ANR |

Beyond the food stamp challenge

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources has found a way to help low-income families successfully stretch their food dollars and eat healthier while receiving food assistance.
Nathaniel Johnson, Marian Swain and Tom Muller take questions from the audience in a panel discussion.
UC Davis |

Symposium calls for food security (not food uncertainty)

A symposium by the UC Davis Institute for Food and Agricultural Literacy convened journalists, scientists and foodies to discuss the controversies surrounding genetic engineering technologies.
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UC Berkeley |

Now humans can navigate by sonar

Physicists use graphene to build lightweight ultrasonic loudspeakers and microphones, enabling people to mimic bats or dolphins’ ability to gauge distance and speed by using sound.
Hitoshi Abe
UCLA Magazine |

Homes with heart for Sendai

Architecture and urban design chair Hitoshi Abe is designing homes that will rise from the rubble in his quake- and tsunami-damaged hometown in Japan.
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Lawrence Livermore Lab |

Did icy comets serve as storks for life on Earth

Astrobiologist investigates whether cosmic collisions were the key to earthly life.
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Lawrence Berkeley Lab |

Driverless electric taxis could save money and the planet

Study finds lower greenhouse gas emissions on per-mile basis for driverless cars deployed as taxis — plus they're cost effective.
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UC Irvine |

Birthday celebration for Dalai Lama coincides with compassion summit

Spiritual leader continues the Global Compassion Summit with discussions at UC Irvine.
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California Magazine |

Spinning silk sans spiders

It took a lot of spiders for Berkeley and UCSF alums to create a synthetic silk that's virtually identical to the real deal.
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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.