UCSF |

Moisturizers may be turning your skin into ‘Swiss cheese’

What some lotions do to your skin could make your skin crawl. Researchers explain.

UC Riverside |

A search engine tool for first responders

Real-time text, photo and video data could help first responders better allocate resources when disaster strikes.

UC Merced |

Media creates false balance on climate science, study shows

About half of mainstream media visibility goes to climate-change deniers, many of whom are not climate scientists.

UC San Diego |

New app allows inspectors to find gas pump skimmers faster

A new tool will help detect devices that criminals install in gas pumps to steal consumer credit and debit card data.

UC Irvine |

Should doctors write prescriptions for exercise?

Scientists are trying to understand whether we can know enough about exercise to prescribe it.

UCLA |

Nanocapsule reaches cancer that has spread to central nervous system in mice

A single dose eliminated all B-cell lymphoma that had metastasized to the animals’ central nervous system.

UC Davis |

Who stalled the gender revolution?

Friendly attitudes toward gender equality increased for decades, then hit a speed bump in the '90s. The reason why might surprise you.

UC Merced via The Conversation |

Human breast milk may help babies tell time via circadian signals from mom

Is a bottle of morning milk at night the equivalent of turning on all the lights at bedtime?

UCLA |

UCLA to lead $10 million California conservation project

Scientists will study the DNA of endangered and threatened species and learn which are most vulnerable to climate change.

UC Newsroom |

How UC spends the summer months

For the University of California, summer is a time to be unusually experimental, adventurous and productive.

UC Riverside |

Iconic Joshua trees are facing extinction

The national park would retain just 0.02 percent of its tree habitat if no climate change action is taken.

UC San Diego |

New robotic lens lets you zoom in by blinking your eye

The lens is the first example of an interface between humans and soft machines. Is ‘The Terminator’ next?