UCLA |

Non-surgical approach helps people with paralysis move their legs

UCLA study's results are believed to be the first time voluntary leg movements have ever been relearned without surgery.
UC Davis |

Autism's costs estimated to be $500 billion, potentially $1 trillion, by 2025

UC Davis health economists have for the first time projected costs of caring for all people with the disorder.
KPCC |

A lower water table could be harming desert ecosystems

UC Riverside Center for Conservation Biology researchers are studying drought's impact on Coachella Valley.
UC Riverside |

Reshaping the solar spectrum to turn light to electricity

UC Riverside researchers find a way to use the infrared region of the sun’s spectrum to make solar cells more efficient.
UC Santa Barbara |

A cataclysmic event of a certain age

UC Santa Barbara geologist James Kennett part of team that narrows date of cooling event most likely triggered by a cosmic impact.
UCLA |

Study may show way to predict autism or psychosis in children with genetic disorder

UCLA-led research may help lead to earlier, more targeted intervention for people with DiGeorge syndrome.
UC Santa Barbara |

UC Santa Barbara is West Coast hub for photonics institute

Public-private partnership is bid to advance technology and boost manufacturing to create high-tech jobs.
UC Davis |

Curb the algae to keep Tahoe blue

Algae, not clarity, is the key factor in the lake's azure waters.
UC Davis |

Drought, climate change fuel high-elevation California fires

Wildfires in California’s fabled Sierra Nevada mountain range are increasingly burning high-elevation forests, which historically have seldom burned,
UCLA |

THOR kicks to the top of robot soccer

UCLA/Penn team won first place at RoboCup, a global robot soccer tournament held in China.
UC Irvine |

Declawing the tiger mom

Sociologists debunk idea that Asian American academic achievement is due to unique cultural traits or values.
UCLA |

Make it rain: Check out augmented reality teaching sandbox

Augmented Reality Sandbox lets users sculpt mountains, canyons and rivers, then fill them with water or even create erupting volcanoes.