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UC Santa Barbara |

Basalt could be the key to greener and cheaper cement

Producing cement from silicate rocks rather than limestone could lower both energy requirements and carbon dioxide emissions, while also generating valuable by-products.
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UCSF |

UC Davis, UCSF receive major gifts in support of medicine, research and modernization

Kathy Chiao and Ken Hao commit $100 million for major capital projects, cancer research, and innovation at UCSF — building on a recent $75 million gift to UC Davis for veterinary medicine.
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UC Irvine |

New study finds increase in ‘political breakups’

UC Irvine psychologists report a third of Americans have lost relationships over political differences.
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UCLA |

UCLA team awarded $5 million DARPA contract to develop AI for math advancement

Fields medalist Terence Tao is part of Team ALPHA, which aims to develop artificial intelligence tools to transform how mathematical discoveries are made, formalized and verified.
A bright, simple illustration of a brain with two pills next to it and a GLP-1 stick
UC San Francisco |

Can blockbuster GLP-1 weight loss drugs also protect brain health?

UCSF experts share their research on medications’ potential to slow or reduce risk of dementia and to treat the triggers that drive addiction.
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UC Merced |

UC Merced project aimed at making autonomous cars safer with NVDIA

A human driver can quickly act on new or temporary changes to road conditions. A new project at UC Merced aims to deliver that same swift processing power to autonomous cars.
UC Office of the President |

Katherine Yelick named director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

The University of California Board of Regents today (May 5) approved UC President James B. Milliken’s recommendation of the appointment of Katherine “Kathy” Yelick as the ninth director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). An internationally recognized leader in high-performance computing and large-scale scientific research, Yelick currently serves as vice chancellor for research at UC Berkeley and has held joint appointments at Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley for three decades. 

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UC, State Senator Wiener, UAW host rally for California science to urge lawmakers to pass SB 895

The $23 billion bond would help protect and create jobs, bolster the state’s global leadership in innovation through scientific discoveries, and sustain lifesaving medical advancements .
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UC Davis |

Stop-and-go science: Researchers pivot to try to salvage important work

The pace of climate change and funding disruptions force scientists to rethink how research is done.
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UC Newsroom |

UC scholars and alumni elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Meet UC’s new leading lights of arts and sciences
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UC Santa Cruz |

Threat of California’s native tree loss is greater than current estimates

California’s iconic trees are in much more danger from climate change than official international conservation lists currently show.
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UC Newsroom |

Graduate research takes center stage at UC Grad Slam

The annual competition spotlights how UC’s 63,000+ graduate students drive discovery, innovation and public impact.
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