A man with glasses in a brown jacket smiles at the camera in a lab (Omar Yaghi)

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UC Berkeley |

UC Berkeley’s Omar Yaghi shares 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry

Yaghi created a field called reticular chemistry, which involves stitching together molecular building blocks to form porous structures — metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) — with myriad applications.

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UC Newsroom |

UC wins 5 Nobel Prizes in 3 days — and sets a new world record

These discoveries span decades and disciplines, but they all have one important thing in common: They’ve all relied on competitive funding from the federal government.

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UC Office of the President via The Conversation |

Why more scientists are needed in the public square

The public dialogue about science is perhaps the most vital and most fraught national conversation not taking place in our country, and the ramifications are profound.
Britta Hansen, left, and Elise Brockett plant okra and other vegetables at the UC Davis Horticulture Innovation Lab Demonstration Center, in advance of its Oct. 16 grand opening.
UC Davis |

From 'Healthy Soils' talk to a garden's grand opening

UC Davis hosts a variety of events in October to celebrate World Food Day and National Food Day.
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UCLA |

UCLA puts issue of food waste on front burner

Campus community invited to attend free evening program on Oct. 21 as part of Food Day 2015.
Sponge Suit
UC Riverside |

Cleaning water one stroke at a time

Engineering team wins an international design competition for creating a swimsuit that cleans water as people swim.
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UC Riverside |

‘Window to the brain’ research ramps up

Partnership with three Mexican universities receives nearly $5 million to further study method that could make it easier to treat brain conditions.
Alice Yu
UC San Diego |

A pediatric cancer drug three decades in the making

Experimental immunotherapy treatment first successfully used in the 1990s is finally available for commercial use.
A new study finds that Berkeley’s soda tax led to higher retail prices of sugary drinks sold in the city.
UC Berkeley |

Berkeley's soda tax boosts retail prices of sugary drinks, study confirms

UC Berkeley findings come nearly a year after Berkeley voters approved an excise tax of one cent per ounce on sugary drinks.
instructor and students
UC Newsroom |

A classroom without walls

Course on ecology and conservation takes students from across UC out in the natural landscape.
four name tags
UCLA |

‘Black’-sounding name conjures a larger, more dangerous person

People envision an unknown ‘black’-named character in similar ways to an unknown ‘white’-named male convicted of assault.
LAPD officers
UCLA |

Predictive policing test substantially reduces crime

Results of months-long project in Los Angeles suggest method could succeed in cities worldwide.
artist's rendering, EXPLORER PET scanner
UC Davis |

Researchers awarded $15.5M to build first total-body PET scanner

New technology could fundamentally change the way cancers are tracked and treated.
Students
UC Newsroom |

U.S. News ranks nine UC campuses among world’s best

Magazine's world rankings focus on strength of research activities and reputation.