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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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UCLA battery free
UCLA |

New battery-free implant is powered by your body

Supercapacitor could make pacemakers safer and more durable.
UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz |

UC Santa Cruz genetics lab helps solve the mystery of 'Miranda Eve'

UC scientists team up to identify the remains of 19th-century baby Jane Doe found in San Francisco backyard.
UCSF female doctor
UCSF |

4 out of 5 physician moms report discrimination, much of it based on motherhood

Longer paid maternity leaves, backup child care and lactation support are recommended in a new study.
Ecuador roses UC San Diego
UC San Diego |

Why you shouldn't get mom roses this year

In a cruel twist, pesticide-infused Mother’s Day bouquets exported from Ecuador are shown to harm children.
Food waste Climate Lab
UC Newsroom |

What you need to know about food waste and climate change

Two important statistics help frame any discussion about food waste: 1.3 metric gigatons of edible food goes to waste every year and at least 795 million people are undernourished worldwide.
Grow California together
UC Newsroom |

Congress restores year-round Pell Grants, protects federal research funding

President Napolitano thanks UC advocates for their involvement in federal budget issues.
UCLA Aldrovandi
UCLA |

Breastfeeding plays important role in ‘seeding’ infant microbiome with beneficial bacteria

Study finds that nearly one-third of beneficial bacteria in baby’s intestinal tract comes directly from mother’s milk.
UC Riverside beer
UC Riverside |

Ready for a better beer?

Newly sequenced barley genome could lead to better beer, whiskey and understanding of other crops.
UC Davis antarctica
UC Davis |

Beneath the ice

An underwater robot explores inhospitable waters to help predict how and when Antarctic ice shelves collapse.
Mark Gold and Jonathan Gold
UCLA |

Solid Golds: Sustainable seafood is the goal

UCLA alumni and brothers Mark and Jonathan Gold on how to achieve it.
UC Berkeley Pac-Man
UC Berkeley |

Pac-Man-like CRISPR enzymes have potential for disease diagnostics

Jennifer Doudna's lab discovers an application that could identify viruses like Zika cheaply and quickly.
UC Grad Slam
UC Newsroom |

Students wow with brilliance — and brevity — at Grad Slam

Lose the lingo and win — grad students put their research in layman's terms in this year's final.