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What are ‘ghost guns,’ a target of Biden’s anti-crime effort?
UC Davis via The Conversation
June 10, 2021
For starters, they are impossible to trace.
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Help keep the University of California affordable
Today's students deserve the same great UC education as previous generations. Let's grow California together.
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Take a tour of your thoughts with the 'Glass Brain'
The Glass Brain is kind of like it sounds. It’s a colorful, 3-D window into all the mysterious activities that light up the brain.
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Can we use Wi-Fi to see through walls?
We use Wi-Fi to stay connected, but UC's Yasamin Mostofi shows that Wi-Fi can also be used to sense the world around us – even behind walls.
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Climate change facts you need to know
Under current guidelines, the planet is on target to warm up by 2 degrees Celsius in 2050 and by 4 degrees in 2100, triggering serious large-scale problems by the end of the century. UC San Diego's climate scientist V. Ramanathan accurately predicted this trend back in 1980. He says that if we make an effort to adopt existing technology today, we might be able to change our course on climate.
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Aging with vitality
UC Irvine
June 3, 2021
New class examines how and why physical activity can work better than pills.
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Research aims for best ways to treat COVID-19 at home
UCLA
June 3, 2021
10,000 participants sought for online, app-based surveys designed by UCLA, UC Merced and Illinois.
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A new way to remove salts and toxic metals from water
UC Berkeley via The Conversation
June 3, 2021
Desalination can help meet growing water needs globally, but current techniques are limited. A new approach holds promise.
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UC secures landmark open access deal with world’s largest scientific publisher
March 16, 2021
The University of California today (March 16) announced a pioneering open access agreement with the world’s largest scientific publisher, Elsevier, making significantly more of the University’s research available to people worldwide — immediately and at no cost. The deal will put more UC research into the hands of individuals across the globe at a time when international collaboration to fight COVID-19 has illuminated the value of open access to scientific findings.
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UC welcomes new era of climate-action partnership with Biden administration
March 15, 2021
As the nation’s premier public research institution and California’s third-largest employer, the University of California has taken bold steps to confront the existential threat of climate change and to harness the power of science to create solutions. While UC is a national leader among universities in its efforts to lower its greenhouse gas emissions and to invest in clean energy, the University recognizes it will take collective action to pull us back from the brink of disaster given the scale and severity of the climate crisis. The University therefore welcomes a stronger partnership with the federal government to embark on a new period of innovation and discovery and looks forward to seeing how our renowned faculty contribute to addressing this crisis.
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UC awards $19M in grants to support groundbreaking research to benefit Californians
January 14, 2021
UC announces 2021 Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives (MRPI) competition winners.
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UC President Drake congratulates UC Berkeley biochemist Doudna for chemistry Nobel win
October 7, 2020
University of California President Michael V. Drake, M.D., released today (Oct. 7) the statement below following the announcement of the Nobel Prize in chemistry. UC Berkeley biochemist Jennifer Doudna won the 2020 Nobel Prize, sharing it with colleague Emmanuelle Charpentier for the co-development of CRISPR-Cas9, a genome editing breakthrough that has revolutionized biomedicine.
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Happy Earth Day! UCTV is celebrating by launching the UC Climate Solutions Channel. Check it out below.