UC Newsroom |
How traffic jams affect heart health
Clogged interstates aggravate clogged arteries, according to research by a UC Irvine graduate student.
UC Newsroom |
12 things you didn't know about holiday foods
To highlight the UC Global Food Initiative, here is a sampling of holiday-themed UC food research from each campus.
UCLA |
Less learning time at high-poverty schools
Teachers lose more instructional time due to poor access to libraries, technology and qualified substitute teachers than do their counterparts at more affluent schools.
UC Santa Cruz |
Virus identified as top suspect in sea star wasting disease
Scientists remain puzzled over what triggered the current devastating outbreak, since virus that appears to cause the disease is not a newcomer.
UC Berkeley |
More lightning with global warming
Lightning strikes may increase by up to 50 percent in the U.S., caused by warmer temperatures associated with climate change.
UCLA |
Team wins grant to tackle concussions among football players
New ‘microlattice’ helmet material would reduce head injuries, track collision impacts.
UC Newsroom |
3 UC scholars win Breakthrough Prizes
UC Berkeley and Berkeley Lab's Jennifer Doudna and Saul Perlmutter, and UCLA mathematician Terence Tao share $3 million awards.
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.