San Diego Union-Tribune |

Scripps scientists talk about climate change

Researchers are optimistic about climate change solutions.

UC Berkeley |

Engineers give a girl a hand

Eight-year-old Sophie doesn’t have fully developed finger bones in her left hand, but with the help of a CITRIS Invention Lab team, she is the new user of a 3-D printed super hand.

UC Irvine |

Massive northeast Greenland glacier is rapidly melting

Breakup of Zachariae Isstrom could substantially raise sea levels around the globe.

San Francisco Chronicle |

UC scientists test a clever and inexpensive way to capture El Niño rains

Researchers from UC Davis and UC Cooperative Extension are testing a new method for capturing water by diverting it from rivers into Central Valley canals.

UC Davis |

Global shift to bicycling could save trillions of dollars, cut 10 percent of transport emissions

A global shift to bicycling would have a huge impact on the environment, especially in urban areas, and could save trillions of dollars.

Science Today |

The value of studying our microbiome

Guess what? You’re only 10 percent human — the rest of you is made up of bacteria, viruses, fungi and other microbes. Science Today talks with UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep Khosla and professor Rob Knight about a new Microbiome and Microbial Sciences Initiative that will advance the study of microbiomes found in the gut and everywhere else on Earth.

UCLA |

A simpler way to define what makes a planet

Professor's new approach classifies 99 percent of all known exoplanets.

UC Santa Barbara |

Saying I do

Demographer chronicles how marriage has morphed into a means of supporting intensive investments in children.

UC Riverside |

A warmer world will be a hazier one

Computer models point to aerosol species increasing under climate change associated with greenhouse-gas-induced warming.

UC Berkeley |

Mathematician, neutrino physicists awarded Breakthrough prizes

Prize winners will discuss latest research during live-streamed symposium.

UC Santa Barbara |

Business as Plan B

Research suggests family leave policies have a significant impact on women’s entrepreneurial activities.

UC San Diego |

Who’s the ‘enviest’ of them all?

Research suggests young adults are more envious than their elders – and about more things.