California Magazine |

How UC is playing a unique role in global race against climate change

UC is a participant in Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy Coalition and has proposed 10 scalable solutions for "carbon neutrality and climate stability" in California.

UC Newsroom |

UC creates five new inventions per day

In 2014, UC research led to 86 new startups and 1,769 new inventions — nearly five per day – amid a booming startup culture.

UC Santa Cruz |

Misleading text in the physical world can hijack AI-enabled robots

New research anticipates hijacking against AI systems in order to create defenses for a more secure future.
UC San Diego |

New vulnerability identified in aggressive breast cancer

By targeting proteins used to splice genes, UC San Diego researchers have unlocked a new approach to treating triple-negative breast cancer, the most aggressive and difficult-to-treat subtype of the disease.
UC Newsroom |

Deep in the Dolomites, a UC Berkeley professor and his service dog carry the Olympic flame

Matteo M. Garbelotto-Benzon and his service dog, S’Abba, are poised to show the life-altering abilities of assistance dogs as they prepare to carry the Olympic torch on its journey to Milan to open the 2026 Winter Games.
UC Newsroom |

How UC scientists are putting AI to the test

Even as they’re pushing the boundaries of research and discovery with AI, UC scientists are asking the right questions about the transformation this technology brings.
UC Riverside |

From waste to wearable

UC Riverside chemical engineering researchers have completed construction of a pilot biomass processing facility that transforms forestry and agricultural waste into pulp that can be made into new products.
UC Berkeley |

11 things AI experts are watching for in 2026

How will AI disrupt the labor market? What will deepfake videos mean for our understanding of truth? Are we in a bubble, and if so, will the bubble burst?
UC San Diego |

ARPA-H project aims to end liver transplant shortage with 3D bioprinting

Researchers are developing functional, patient-specific livers using 3D bioprinting and stem cell technology to eliminate the need for donor organs.
UC San Diego |

Electric cars won’t fix sitting: The health costs of designing cities around cars

Walkability pioneer, UC San Diego urban planning professor Lawrence Frank revisits two decades of evidence linking car dependence and chronic disease — and explains why cleaner cars won’t make us healthier.
UC Riverside |

Fathers’ microplastic exposure tied to their children’s metabolic problems

UC Riverside-led mouse study finds microplastics affect male and female offspring differently.
UCLA |

On first anniversary of L.A. wildfires, health effects linger, but progress continues

UCLA Health experts say long-term threats to lung health, mental well-being and overall community wellness remain, long after the 2025 L.A. wildfires were extinguished.