UCLA Magazine |
The compassion effect: How social activism is changing everything
Doing well by doing good is increasingly the go-to strategy for everything from marketing to entertainment — driven by millennials, the world’s first digital generation.
Washington Post |
The house of the future is a Honda
UC Davis hosts — with an assist from the car maker — a house that takes green living to a whole new level.
UC Berkeley |
Scientists call for caution in using DNA-editing technology
Its ease and effectiveness may prompt physicians to use the technology before its safety can be assessed.
UC Berkeley |
Altering brain chemistry makes us more sensitive to inequality
What if there were a pill that made you more compassionate and more likely to help someone less fortunate? That's not so far-fetched.
UC Irvine |
Shooting for the stars
Mexican Space Agency hopes partnership with UC Irvine will help develop program’s ‘human capital.’
Capital Public Radio |
Endangered Delta smelt may be extinct
Latest trawl survey found six fish, instead of hundreds.
UC Merced |
Think your morals are unshakeable? Think again
Moral decisions can be swayed by tracking one's eye movements.
UC Riverside |
Prize-winning explanations for those mystery rings
UC Riverside scientists solicited the public's help in solving an ancient riddle in paleontology.
UC Berkeley |
New chameleon-like material changes color
Taking inspiration from nature, engineers have created an ultra-thin film that can shift colors as easily as a chameleon's skin when pulled or twisted.
UC San Diego |
Understanding how neurons shape memories of smells
Discovery has implications for understanding epilepsy, the cause of which also stems from the olfactory cortex.
UC Berkeley |
Bioengineers put human hearts on a chip to aid drug screening
'Heart-on-a-chip' effectively uses human cardiac muscle cells derived from adult stem cells to model how a human heart reacts to cardiovascular medications.
UC Santa Barbara |
Environment in the African savanna linked to human health
Community ecologist spotlights how environmental management affects disease emergence.