UC Newsroom |

Drying Sierra meadows could worsen California drought

Weather-related changes threaten key natural regulator of the region's water flow.
UC San Diego |

Virtual reality guides those whose memory is failing

Navigation system helps diagnose, monitor and train patients with cognitive decline.
Greater Good Science Center |

What makes a happy parent?

Are parents really less happy than non-parents, as many recent books and studies suggest? New research finds that the truth is surprising and complicated.
UC Davis and UC Merced |

California has given away rights to far more water than it has

Researchers reveal state is overextended and is using complicated and outdated water policies.
UC Berkeley |

‘Getting-by girls’ straddle gap between academic winners, losers

A new study spotlights a high school subculture that has made an art of slacking, and may be destined to perpetuate the nation’s struggling lower-middle class.
UC Berkeley |

Captured space dust likely came from beyond solar system

Seven tiny grains, captured by NASA’s Stardust spacecraft, may turn out to be the first confirmed samples of contemporary interstellar dust.
UC Davis |

Program helps to bridge gap between research and market

Grants will make it possible to generate early proof-of-concept models to demonstrate commercial feasibility.
Lawrence Berkeley Lab |

Microbial-based antimalarial drug shipped to Africa

Thirteen-year project culminates with pharmaceutical firm sending 1.7 million treatments of semi-synthetic artemisinin.
UC Davis |

Drought and humans combine for dangerous fire season

Ten major wildfires are blazing in California; several more are burning in Oregon and Washington.
San Francisco Chronicle |

New cancer classification system shows promise as lifesaver

Researchers found at least 10 percent of tumors - and possibly as high as 30 to 50 percent - would be identified differently if oncologists determined their diagnoses by a tumor's molecular makeup.
San Francisco Business Journal |

It's not brain surgery — well, it is for Accurexa and Dr. Daniel Lim

UCSF neurosurgeon and UC Berkeley engineering students join forces on a new and improved device to aid in stem cell treatments.
UC Santa Barbara |

Polymer repairs itself in wet conditions

Researchers synthesize a polymer that can repair itself in wet conditions.