UC Santa Cruz |

New evidence of Pluto's slushy ocean

Scientists get a surprise from observations made by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft.

UC San Diego |

What molecules on your cellphone screen reveal about you

Your diet, medications and beauty products leave more of a fingerprint than you might imagine.

UC San Francisco |

UCSF, Governor Brown announce new precision medicine projects

Six projects selected to harness power of advanced computing to better treat and prevent disease.

UC Natural Reserve System |

UC president tours Bodega Marine Lab and Reserve

The premier site for research in northern California celebrates its 50th anniversary.

UC Merced |

Grad student’s water-mapping work leads to national recognition

Using big data to streamline water planning and fight climate change.

UCLA |

Childhood infections provide lifelong protection against certain flu viruses

UCLA researchers explain that birth year may largely determine people’s risk for serious illness in an influenza pandemic.

UC San Diego |

Engineers develop new self-healing magnetic ink

Advance will help repair 3-D printed devices in record time.

UC Davis |

Why do seabirds eat plastic? The answer stinks

Marine plastic debris is an olfactory trap for seabirds.

UC San Francisco |

Mexico's soda tax could reduce diabetes, heart disease and health costs

International study finds that Mexico's soda tax could save approximately $1 billion in direct health care costs over next decade.

UC Santa Cruz |

Pedestrians may run rampant in a world of self-driving cars

Would you look both ways if you knew cars would always stop?

UC Riverside |

'Bionic' spinach plants can detect explosives

The work has potential applications in agriculture and in the defense and law enforcement fields.

UC San Diego |

Facebook users live longer, study says

All that time spent on your favorite social network may be extending your life.