How glow-in-the-dark jellyfish inspired a scientific revolution
Supreme Court lets DACA proponents cite recipients' work fighting coronavirus
The high court agrees to consider a supplemental filing regarding the real-world consequences of the COVID-19 global health crisis and the life-sustaining role of nearly 30,000 DACA recipients on the front lines.
Federal research is the key to solving the COVID-19 crisis
Now is the time to invest even more in it, write UC President Janet Napolitano and UC Health Executive Vice President Dr. Carrie L. Byington in a new op-ed.
Bend it like the Bay Area: Doctors see flatter curve after 2 weeks of social isolation
The number of critically ill patients on site has not surged, said Jahan Fahimi, medical director of the emergency department at UC San Francisco's Parnassus campus. “Something is working.”
The evolutionary advantage of the teenage brain
UC experts take on COVID-19
The University of California has been on the front lines in the fight against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, since the earliest indications of its emergence in China. From top-flight medical care to groundbreaking research, UC’s scientists and physicians across its 10 campuses and five academic medical centers are part of the global effort to treat, understand and ultimately defeat the virus.
How two matchmakers won a Nobel Prize
Long before dating sites, a pair of economists hit upon a formula with applications far beyond romance.
America’s most widely consumed cooking oil causes genetic changes in the brain
Soybean oil is linked to metabolic and neurological changes in mice in new research.
Five UC research stories that got the world talking in 2019
A device that translates brain signals into speech is just one of the UC breakthroughs that got the world’s attention in 2019.
The mystery of Easter Island revealed?
Rapanui people likely believed the ancient monoliths helped food grow on the Polynesian island, study says.
Bringing sea otters back to San Francisco Bay
The California population could triple if otters returned to their historic home — they just need to get past those great white sharks first.
UC's race to stay ahead of wildfires
UC San Diego matches increased fire danger with improved monitoring capability.