UC Riverside |

Children trust ‘smart’ characters on television

New UC Riverside study finds that figures viewed as clever help preschoolers model problem-solving behavior.

The New York Times |

Read this story without distraction (can you?)

A UC Irvine study outlines how we lose our focus. The good news? There's a way to get it back.

The Conversation |

‘Ultracool’ dwarf star hosts three potentially habitable planets

A UC San Diego physicist has broken new ground in the search for life beyond Earth.

UC San Francisco |

Wrapping up multiple sclerosis at UCSF

With one drug to shut down its progression and another to undo its damage, MS doesn’t stand a chance.

UC Cooperative Extension |

Not just climate change: Study finds human activity is a major factor driving wildfires

People are responsible for more than 90 percent of California fires, says a UC Berkeley scientist.

UC Riverside |

Cheaters never win, finds new study

A UC Riverside sociologist's experiment shows that selfish behavior lowers levels of happiness.

CNN |

Can this app change schizophrenia treatment?

A UCSF psychiatrist created a social network to help patients feel less isolated.

UC San Diego |

Biofluorescent catsharks, glowing in the deep

UC San Diego study uses "shark-eye" vision to reveal how species may communicate underwater.

UC Berkeley |

How your brain files away words

View a colorful "semantic atlas" built by UC Berkeley scientists that illustrates how we process language.

The Atlantic |

The case against reality

A UC Irvine scientist explains how evolution has steeped us in illusions for our own good.

UC Health |

UC researchers join largest autism study ever in U.S.

Effort seeks to analyze DNA from 50,000 people with autism and their families.

UC Newsroom |

High-tech sandbox puts research in the palm of your hands

Campus innovations, such as an augmented reality sandbox from UC Davis, featured at an NSF exhibition on Capitol Hill.