UC Santa Barbara via The Conversation |
Concrete jungle: Cities adapt to growing ranks of urban wildlife
In recent years, a host of charismatic wild species have returned to American cities in numbers not seen for generations.
UCLA |
Stem cell gene therapy holds promise for eliminating HIV infection
Method modifies immune cells to attack the virus and could be used to treat other diseases.
UC Santa Barbara |
A win-win-win-win
With $1.5 million in National Science Foundation funding, a group of researchers from UC Santa Barbara and partner institutions will study the effects of a novel way of eradicating schistosomiasis.
UC San Diego |
Exit dinosaurs, enter fishes
The mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs gave rise to the modern ‘Age of Fishes.’
UCLA |
Congo Basin Institute partnership is a ‘game-changer’ for environmental protection
Institute targets deforestation and disease control in the world's second largest rainforest.
UCLA |
Bone-building protein stimulates bone stem cells
Study results could mean good news for people with osteoporosis or those with traumatic bone injuries.
Greater Good Science Center |
Why are some children more giving than others?
A new study finds the answer may lie with family income.
UC Riverside |
Why have the seabirds gone?
Warming waters and fishing pressure are driving nesting seabirds away from their ancestral breeding ground in the Gulf of California into northern harbors.
UC Santa Cruz |
From farm to cup
UC Santa Cruz anthropology student traces java's route from Central America to California for senior thesis.
UC Santa Cruz |
A visionary, a genius, and the human genome
In 2000, two dogged researchers defied the odds to become the first in the world to assemble the DNA sequence of the human genome.
Huffington Post |
A simple smile can help curb racial bias
Study, co-authored by a UC Berkeley professor, suggests that smiling at or sharing a positive moment with someone of another race can have a big impact on others.
UC Riverside |
Undergraduate discovers new firefly species
Discovery is among a few little-seen firefly species found in Southern California.