Slate |
Lessons from the fields
Pioneering UC research connects the dots between health and exposure to agricultural chemicals.
UC Berkeley |
Poverty-level wages cost U.S. taxpayers $153 billion every year
While the U.S. economy rebounds, persistent low wages are costing taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars in public support to working families,
UC Newsroom |
UC scholars win Guggenheim fellowships
Thirteen fellows from seven campuses are among the newly named honorees for 2015.
UC San Diego |
Brain scans hint at autistic toddlers' language development
Why do some children's language skills progress, and others' falter? Differences in brain activation may explain why.
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.