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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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UC Davis is building on its partnership with Orbis international programs.
UC Davis |

Orbis, UC Davis surgery team train on world's only Flying Eye Hospital

Hands-on simulation training reflects strong partnership UC Davis, Orbis have developed over years to improve global eye health.
UC Davis oceans
UC Davis |

9 ways UC Davis is rescuing oceans

Scientists are studying how oceans are affected by climate change to help us enjoy a better future.
UC Santa Cruz bison fossils
UC Santa Cruz |

Ice age bison fossils shed light on early human migrations in North America

Evidence analyzed by UC Santa Cruz researchers establish when an ice-free corridor opened in the Rocky Mountains.
UCLA building ancient manuscripts
UCLA |

UCLA to offer digital images of rare ancient manuscripts in Egypt

Project will preserve materials critically important to our understanding of Middle East history.
Researchers discovered that a variant of a gene called DRD2 could predispose people of Asian descent to crave certain types of food.
UCLA |

Some Asian Americans are predisposed to want more carbs

UCLA research could point toward strategy for combating rapidly increasing obesity rate among those of Asian descent.
UC Newsroom |

How star systems function in heavy traffic

A UC Santa Cruz grad student looks beyond the reach of the farthest telescopes to glean insights into what makes our own corner of the universe unique.
A West African tarantula
UC San Francisco |

Tarantula toxins offer key insights into neuroscience of pain

Extracts from venom could be used to study disorders ranging from irritable bowel syndrome to epilepsy, UCSF finds.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is developing “human-on-a-chip,” a miniature external replication of the human body
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |

‘Human-on-a-chip’ could replace animal testing

Scientists at Livermore Lab are replicating four major biological systems that are vital for life.
UC Riverside black business owners
UC Riverside |

Revenues, employment at black-owned businesses growing fast

Growth is higher than overall rate but disparities endure, UC Riverside census analysis shows.
composite image of the “bullet cluster,” a galaxy cluster formed by a collision of two clusters.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |

3 knowns and 3 unknowns about dark matter

While we can’t see dark matter, we are learning more about it. Berkeley Lab breaks it down.
Chris Chang and UC Berkeley graduate student Sumin Lee carry out experiments to find proteins that bind to copper and potentially influence the storage and burning of fat.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |

Copper is key in burning fat

UC Berkeley and Berkeley Lab research points to possible link between deficiency and obesity-related diseases.
UC-Mexico Initiative
UC Riverside |

Preservation of Spanish missions in California and Mexico examined

UC-Mexico Initiative based at UC Riverside launches with binational summit.