UC San Diego |

Here’s an easy way to improve workplace stress — and anyone can do it.

Giving and receiving praise in the workplace may be key to managing day-to-day stress and can enhance performance under pressure.
UCLA |

After mass shootings like Uvalde, national gun control fails — but states often loosen gun laws

After mass shootings, politicians in Washington have failed to pass new gun control legislation, despite public pressure. But laws are being passed at the state level, largely to loosen restrictions.
UC Berkeley |

Skydiving salamanders live in world’s tallest trees

Salamanders living in the crowns of redwoods are able to glide and maneuver in freefall, suggesting adaptation to living at heights.
UC Santa Cruz |

Karen Miga named one of TIME’s 100 most influential people of 2022

Miga and her colleagues led the team that completed the first, gapless sequence of the human genome.
UC Merced |

Baby formula shortages and COVID-19 led to risky feeding practices, study suggests

One out of three formula-feeding families reported using a problematic feeding practice during the pandemic, including substituting cow’s milk or extra water.
UC Newsroom |

The University of California has joined SEA Change, accelerating efforts to diversify its faculty

The SEA Change initiative focuses on eliminating systemic barriers to participation in the STEMM fields, and fostering engagement with communities underrepresented in — and historically excluded from — those fields.
UC Riverside |

New strategies to save the world’s most indispensable grain

Researchers provide genetic insights to help rice survive drought and flood.
UC San Francisco |

UC San Francisco awarded $67.5 million to develop new antiviral therapies

Funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases — the school’s largest-ever award — aims to prepare for viruses with pandemic potential.
UC Newsroom |

For its 7th year, Grad Slam delivers promising research you can remember (and explain)

UC graduate students amazed and delighted at the annual Grad Slam contest, with Justin Lee of UC Berkeley taking home the grand prize for his work on stopping COVID with just a breath.
UCLA |

Only 10 vaquita porpoises survive, but species may not be doomed, scientists say

If they can escape death in poachers’ nets, the endangered marine mammal is well poised to rebound despite inbreeding.
UC Davis |

After a record-breaking fire year, experts call for a shift in wildfire strategy

A new report summarizes the wildfires of 2020 and what we can learn to mitigate future disasters.
UC San Diego |

Researchers shed light on why a certain plant virus is so powerful at fighting cancer

When injected into a tumor, cowpea mosaic virus triggers the immune system to treat the cancer and prevents it from recurring.