UC San Francisco |

UCSF launches sugar science initiative

Research and education project is designed to highlight the impact of added sugar on health.
San Francisco Business Times |

UC pathfinder leads startups to success

UC San Francisco star innovator has spent his career bringing science from lab bench to the patient bedside.
Los Angeles Times |

As species decline, so does research funding

Terrie Williams, UC Santa Cruz: Misrepresentation of research has the potential to affect wildlife conservation for years to come.
Popular Science |

Wearable drone flies up from your wrist

Drones, wearable tech and the ubiquitous selfie converge in Nixie — whose team members have multiple UC connections — now a finalist in Intel’s 'Make It Wearable' competition.
UC Berkeley and UC Santa Barbara |

Coexist or perish, wildfire analysis says

UC scientists take part in research that advocates changing from fighting fire to coexisting with it as a natural process.
UC Davis |

Newly found fossil fills evolutionary gap

A fossilized amphibious ichthyosaur — bearing both flippers and flexible wrists, descended from terrestrial creatures — has been discovered in China.
UC Research Tumblr |

The research inside your lunch

Before you bite into your turkey (or tofurkey?) sandwich today, consider how UC has helped improve numerous food items.
UC Berkeley |

How important is long-distance travel in the spread of epidemics?

The current Ebola outbreak shows how quickly diseases can spread with global jet travel.
Science Today |

Citizen scientists help track space dust

Imagine if you could help identify space dust brought back from outside the solar system. It’s possible – and it’s been done – by volunteers in a citizen scientist project called Stardust@Home.
Lawrence Berkeley Lab |

Boosting biogasoline production in microbes

Biology and genetic engineering join forces to fuel production of a type of alcohol in E. coli.
NPR |

Curiosity: It helps us learn, but why?

New research from UC Davis suggests that curiosity triggers chemical changes in the brain that help us better understand and retain information.
UC San Francisco |

What monkeys can teach us about pitching

New motor learning research suggests that 'muscle memory actually is something the brain is constantly relearning.