UC Irvine |
Brains in people with super memory are different
Study finds structural variations in the brain and mental processes among those who recall their lives perfectly.
UC Irvine |
Researcher is spokesman for medicinal use of cannabis
Daniele Piomelli's work with endocannabinoids put him in the medical cannabis spotlight.
UC Berkeley |
Chemical makes blind mice see
Neuroscientists have synthesized a chemical that, when injected into the eyes of genetically blind mice, makes their retinas light sensitive.
UCLA |
Evidence of recovery in key California commercial real estate markets
Survey polled industry professionals on how they think the market will change over the coming three years; many developers plan multi-family housing construction in coming months.
UC Berkeley |
Attacking biofilms that cause chronic infections
Using super-resolution microscopy and continuous fluorescent imaging, physicists have revealed the structure of bacterial biofilms, which are responsible for the tenacious nature of bacterial diseases such as cholera and chronic sinusitus.
UC Office of the President |
Higgs boson: UC physicists mattered in historic search
International effort to find the elusive particle, thought to be a key to the Big Bang, includes a number of researchers from several UC campuses.
UC San Diego |
Chemical swaying biological clock offers new way to treat diabetes
Biologists' finding points in completely new and promising direction for the development of drugs to treat metabolic disorders.
UC Santa Cruz |
Dark galaxies of the early universe spotted for the first time
For the first time, dark galaxies — an early phase of galaxy formation, predicted by theory but unobserved until now — may have been spotted.
UC San Diego |
Using biomarkers to identify and treat schizophrenia
Researchers say lab-based tests may be a boon to both clinicians and researchers.
UC San Diego |
What happens when we sunburn
Researchers describe inflammatory mechanism — the common response to too much sun exposure — for first time.
UC Davis |
Discovery may lead to tastier new tomato varieties
Finding could mean vintage flavor and quality for more of the summer favorite.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
Understanding what’s up with the Higgs boson
Berkeley Lab scientists, major contributors to the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, explain what the excitement is about.