Amir AghaKouchak, who specializes in co-occurring environmental hazards, earns a global honor.

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has completed its originally planned five-year mission and mapped more than 47 million galaxies and quasars, and will continue observations into 2028 and further expand the map.

A study of more than 11,000 teens finds cannabis use tied to slower gains in memory, focus and thinking speed as well as worse memory over time during key years of brain development.

Newly rebranded as UC Nature, the UC Natural Reserve System of 42 sites, some in national parks, has supported research, university-level education, and public service at its field stations and outdoor laboratories across California for decades.

A new study demonstrated a brain-computer interface technology that enables spinal cord injury patients to walk with a robotic exoskeleton and feel lifelike sensory responses, a key factor in safe and realistic mobility.

UC is co-sponsoring Senate Bill 895, a critical effort to sustain world-changing research that fuels the fourth-largest economy in the world and supports the quality of life for all Californians.

The most detailed map yet of the maternal-fetal connection identifies new cell types and insights into conditions such as preeclampsia, preterm birth and miscarriage.

Ten graduate students from each of UC’s campuses will put their science communication skills to the test in Sacramento at the livestreamed 2026 Grad Slam on April 22.

UC Riverside has developed a modern-day robotic divining rod.

UC Santa Barbara wraps up the Big Bee Project, a pioneering, multicampus initiative to bring natural history collections into the century of AI, big data and networked databases.

A retired scientist’s persistence reveals insight to boost farm yields.

After years of hard work, grueling schedules, and rigorous studies, medical students around the country and across the University of California will learn where they’ll go next in their journeys as doctors.