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.