UCLA |
The stranger within: Connecting with our future selves
Social psychologist studies the emotional disconnect between who we are now, and who we will be years from now.
Los Angeles Times |
Literacy gap between Latino and white toddlers starts early, study shows
Research suggests that pre-kindergarten may be too late to start trying to close persistent academic achievement gaps between Latino and white students.
UC Newsroom |
UC tackles California water security
Researchers forge strategies to accurately estimate snowpack, soil moisture and surface-water volumes, and improve monitoring of groundwater.
UC Newsroom |
Healthy elders may hold key to fighting cancer
'Wellderly' may have unknowingly fought — and beaten — cancer; their immune systems may hint at how.
UC San Francisco |
‘Wasabi receptor’ points to pain drug development
‘Wasabi receptor’ — why your sinuses tingle when you taste it — points to future pain drug development.
BBC |
The app that helps you discover edible weeds
UC Berkeley researchers are using crowdsourcing to help map the location of edible weeds, and logging their findings on an app called iNaturalist.
California Magazine |
Cleanly electrifying the world
Decentralized transmission networks, cheap photovoltaics, sophisticated low-energy appliances, mobile phones and 'virtual' financial services are all merging to create an alternative power grid.
UC Davis |
Lake Tahoe water clarity in 2014 the best in more than a decade
Water clarity in 2014 at the lake was the best in more than a decade.
Slate |
Decoding and defeating cancer with data science
A groundbreaking study by UC Santa Cruz reveals that one in five tumors may need to be reclassified.
UC Santa Barbara |
The brain game
A team of researchers provides new insight into what occurs in the brain during the learning process.
UC Natural Reserve System |
Saving oaks in Big Sur
Sudden oak death study aids reserve while teaching field research.
Sacramento Business Journal |
UC Davis to lead research on keeping pathogens out of produce
Problems with foodborne pathogens on spinach and green onions in recent years have claimed the lives of consumers.