UC Santa Cruz |
Here’s how we help an iconic California fish survive the gauntlet of today’s highly modified waterways
New ‘facilitated migration’ framework gives water managers a playbook for getting more juvenile Chinook salmon from the Central Valley to the sea.
UC Riverside |
UC Riverside scientists develop tool to detect fake videos
Developed in collaboration with Google, the new model spots fakes by interpreting faces and backgrounds.
UC San Francisco |
Do these two cancer drugs have what it takes to beat Alzheimer’s?
A new study finds FDA-approved drugs that reverse the gene expression signatures associated with Alzheimer’s.
UC Office of the President |
Berkeley Lab Director Mike Witherell announces plans to retire in June 2026
Witherell’s transformative tenure focused on team science, a values-centered work environment, and historic investment in the lab’s future.
UC San Francisco |
A CRISPR approach to neurodegenerative diseases
Martin Kampman, recipient of the Byers Award for outstanding research by faculty members in the middle of their careers, describes how using CRISPR to tackle neurodegenerative diseases is yielding new treatments.
UCLA |
New research reveals alarming decline in U.S. children’s health
Finding rising mortality, chronic illness and other challenges, a comprehensive new study shows U.S. children and teens nearly twice as likely to die as their peers in 18 other high-income countries.
UC Berkeley |
As chatbots get smarter, humans’ unique language abilities are becoming less special
UC Berkeley researchers say large language models have gained "metalinguistic ability," a hallmark of human language and cognition no other animal has displayed.
UC Riverside |
Solid-state batteries charge faster, last longer
Solid-state batteries charge in a fraction of the time, run cooler, and pack more energy into less space than traditional lithium-ion versions.
UC Newsroom |
7 world-changing UC innovations that emerged from federal research funding
From the internet to the ozone layer, AI to the human genome, UC scientists have turned federal research funding into history-making, economy-boosting solutions.
UC Berkeley |
This class traces the evolution of American friendship
From heartfelt 19th-century letters to Swiftie bracelets, a UC Berkeley American studies course looks at the ways we’ve found connection with each other throughout history and examines the role of social media in modern friendships.
UC Santa Cruz |
Twenty-five years after the human genome project, a new era is dawning
Today, genomics is saving countless lives and even entire species, thanks in large part to a commitment to collaborative and open science that the Human Genome Project helped promote.
UC San Diego |
Engineers shake tallest steel-framed building ever tested on an earthquake simulator
The primary goal of the tests is to determine if height limits for cold-formed steel-framed buildings can be increased.