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.
UC Berkeley |
Global economic losses from cyclones linger for decades
New study debunks the idea that cyclones have no long-term, lasting economic impacts, and suggests the urgent need for revamping disaster policy around the world.
UC Irvine |
Exploring technology of squid skin
Protein called reflectin could be used to improve performance of biomedical devices.
UC Berkeley |
A hellacious two weeks on Jupiter’s moon Io
During a year-long series of observations, astronomers observed three of the largest outbursts ever observed on the moon.
UC Riverside |
New technology boosts biofuel production
Research leader: 'Successful commercialization of biofuels technology is about yield, yield, yield, and we obtained great yields with this novel technology.'
UC Santa Cruz |
Old evidence leads to new ideas about quake hazards in Pacific Northwest
Sediment cores collected in 1960s for doctoral thesis have attracted renewed scrutiny for clues to Cascadia earthquakes.
UC Santa Barbara |
Tracking giant kelp from space
Marine researchers turn to citizen scientists to help investigate the ‘redwoods of the ocean.’