UC Santa Barbara and UC Santa Cruz |
Roses bloom in tide pools
Bright pink, inch-long sea slugs have shown up in the highest numbers and northernmost locations reported since the El Niños of 1998 and 1983.
UC San Diego |
‘Frontiers of Innovation’ program seeds multidisciplinary projects
Program will help launch seven major projects focused on advancing strategic research goals.
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Why science needs art
UCSC's Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz gives us a glimpse of how he visualizes his research. Since much of what he studies is abstract calculations and theories, he shows us how important it is to have visuals to both explain and comprehend his work.
UC Irvine |
Chemists find a way to unboil eggs
It may not improve your cooking, but it could reduce costs for cancer treatments, food production and other segments of biotech.
UCLA |
Children more likely to succeed academically if parents believe they're college bound
Study shows that children’s readiness for kindergarten is influenced not only by whether they attend preschool, but also by their families’ behaviors, attitudes and values.
UC Berkeley |
Warmer, drier climate alters forests statewide
Botanists have compared tree survey data from the 1920s and ’30s with forest service data today. They find a decline in large trees and an increase in the density of small trees in forests throughout the state.
UC Newsroom |
UC making big moves toward carbon neutrality
Greenhouse gases emissions down to 1990 levels and major steps are initiated to ramp up renewable energy use.
UC Santa Barbara |
Oceans face wildlife loss
The same patterns that led to extinctions on land are now taking place in the sea.
UC San Diego |
Temporary tattoo measures glucose without a needle
Stick-on device takes the pain out of diabetic testing.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
Berkeley Lab’s Top 50 game-changing technologies for defeating poverty
Institute for Globally Transformative Technologies produces first-of-its-kind blueprint for sustainable global development.
UC Berkeley |
Helicopter parenting better for pets than for kids, study suggests
Overprotectiveness is an advantage when rearing dogs and cats, according to study from UC Berkeley and California State University, East Bay.
J Weekly |
UCSF doctor wants the U.S. to curb its sugar addiction
A Q&A with UCSF pediatric endocrinologist Robert Lustig about sugar.