Capital Public Radio |

Endangered Delta smelt may be extinct

Latest trawl survey found six fish, instead of hundreds.
National Geographic |

Lack of snow leaves California's water tower running low

Rising temperatures and declining snowpack in the mountains mean that the drought across the western U.S. is about to get even worse.
Capital Public Radio |

The cork-vs-screw cap debate goes on

Which one better preserves the flavor of wine? UC Davis wine chemist Andrew Waterhouse is on the case.
Fig. 1 by University of California |

How do our bodies fight off dangerous chemicals?

Cells are like night club bouncers, says UC San Diego's Amro Hamdoun: With every substance that a cell encounters, it has to decide which to eliminate and which to let in.
Los Angeles Times |

California is rife with laws used to harass homeless

Op-ed co-authored by a Berkeley law professor addresses the proliferation of vagrancy laws in California — and which cities lead the pack.
Daily Mail |

Science behind the faces of meth

Images of crystal meth addicts show clearly how the drug drastically alters a person's appearance. Now, Daniele Piomelli and others at UC Irvine have discovered how the drug affects the body's cells to speed up aging.
KGO TV |

Want to lose weight? Just chill

Most people trying to lose weight would expect to break a sweat, but a UC Irvine researcher has a different idea. In fact, he recommends chilling out... literally.
Scientific American |

What on earth made these perfect fossil rings?

They're 492 million years old and are in Wisconsin, and researchers at UC Riverside want your help in figuring them out. (There's a prize for whoever comes up with the best 'natural explanation.')
KQED Science |

Banana slugs: secret of the slime

Engineers and other researchers at UC Merced, UC Santa Cruz and UCLA are studying slime and other properties of the humble banana slug (which happens to be the Santa Cruz mascot).
UC Irvine |

Why unboil an egg?

Gregory Weiss, UC Irvine chemistry professor, talks about 'unboiling' egg white proteins and returning them to their original state. The ability to quickly restore molecular proteins could slash biotechnology costs and dramatically reduce the costs for cancer treatments.
Fig. 1 by University of California |

The life of a star explained in 1 minute

The iron in our blood, the silicon in your computer, the oxygen that we breath — all of those elements were synthesized inside a star. UC Santa Cruz astrophysicist Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz walks us through the process from a star's beginning to its death.
Fig. 1 by University of California |

Is the secret to a happy marriage in your DNA?

Can something as simple and small as a gene impact something as complex as marriage? UC Berkeley researchers have found a link between relationship fulfillment and a gene variant, or allele, of the serotonin transporter gene.