California Health Report |

Can doctors help reduce gun violence?

Treating firearms as a health matter can prevent injury, a UC Davis professor says in a new report.

UCLA |

How freshmen have changed in the past 50 years

Over the course of a 15 million student survey, a UCLA professor finds reasons for optimism.

Vox |

Solar power is already saving lives in the U.S. Here's how.

A Berkeley Lab report quantifies the ways the public benefits when targets are met.

UC Cooperative Extension via The Conversation |

Deciphering the mysterious decline of honey bees

New research can help these pollinators beat back threats, writes a UC Davis scientist.

UC San Francisco |

Hybrid cancer drug could be resistance-resistant

UCSF scientists find conjoined compounds deal double blow to resistant cancers in cells and mice.

UCLA |

UCLA study identifies how brain connects memories across time

Neuroscientists boost ability of aging brain to recapture links between related memories.

UC San Diego |

First peek into the brain of a freely walking fruit fly

UC San Diego scientists demonstrate new method for monitoring neural activity during social behaviors.

UC Riverside |

When selling good karma goes bad

A new UC Riverside study shows how beliefs affect responses to requests for help.

UC Santa Barbara |

Across the universe

A UC Santa Barbara scientist sends new signals using light to find extraterrestrial life.

UC Merced |

Cancer cell growth linked to nervous system in UC Merced study

Research shows cells with damaged DNA proliferate more in upper areas of the body and near brain tissue in flatworms.

UC Berkeley |

Why does power make us lose our way?

What makes us steal candy and cut people off in our Priuses, explained by UC Berkeley's Dacher Keltner.

UCLA |

To reduce pre-Alzheimer’s cognitive impairment, get to the yoga mat

UCLA study finds yoga, meditation more effective than memory-boosting exercises.