Lawrence Berkeley Lab |
How a new telescope will measure the expansion of the universe
A next-generation experiment will create the largest 3-D map of the universe and help Berkeley Lab scientists get a handle on dark energy.
UC Merced |
Grad student uses math to study deadly diseases
Graduate student Jason Davis doesn’t use a traditional lab to study prion diseases. Instead, he relies on computer modeling and applied mathematics.
UC San Diego |
Cal-BRAIN selects 16 California research projects for seed grants
Projects will speed development of new brain technologies, or ‘neurotechnologies.’
Slate |
Why are there so few women entrepreneurs?
Behind the headlines is a more systemic problem of unconscious gender bias that impacts women entrepreneurs in every industry.
KTVU |
Researchers probe link newborn foal behavior and autism
UC Davis veterinarian and neurotoxicologist are looking at neurosteroids as a possible common contributing factor.
UC Davis |
Cosmic collisions wake up snoozing galaxies
When galaxy clusters collide, the resulting shockwave can “wake up” these dormant galaxies and drive a new generation of star formation.
UC Irvine |
Zapping away space junk
A solution right out of sci-fi: shooting space debris with a laser mounted on the International Space Station.
UC Newsroom |
Graduate Advocacy Day 2015
At advocacy day in Sacramento, students share research on a wide range of issues to highlight the benefits their work brings to the state.
UC San Diego |
Surfing into a greener future
UC San Diego biology and chemistry students produce the world’s first algae-based, sustainable surfboard.
UC Newsroom |
Is there life out there? UC researchers aim to find out
NASA's quest to search for life on planets outside our solar system will be guided by experts from UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz, among others.
UC Newsroom |
Art, science inspire student climate-change activism
37 students are awarded fellowships to work on projects that support UC's Carbon Neutrality Initiative.
UC San Diego |
Overnight fasting may reduce breast cancer risk
Women who forgo nocturnal dining also appear to lower their risk of diabetes.