Fifteen highly meritorious projects across a wide range of disciplines and topics were selected from a pool of 97 eligible applications.
UC awards $17M in grants for critical, innovative research
Could a stress vaccine actually work?
UCLA's George Slavich on whether a treatment that's been successful with mice should be used on humans.
UC president announces 2017 Research Catalyst Awards
University of California President Janet Napolitano today (Dec. 1) announced the 2017 recipients of the President’s Research Catalyst Awards, chosen from a pool of more than 100 proposed projects.
The power of siblings
UC professors weigh in on the wide-ranging influence our brothers and sisters have on us.
Unconscious brain training beats phobias without the stress
A UCLA team tests a new method to help people manage fears.
Older first-time mothers are also more likely to live longer
Study finds that women giving birth for first time later in life increase chances of living to 90.
The extraordinary effects of dust on global weather
Climate change could double the volume of dust in the atmosphere, warn UC San Diego scientists.
UC awards national security lab grants
The University of California announced today (Nov. 21) the award of more than $14 million in research grants and fellowships to expand UC’s scientific collaboration with its two affiliated national security laboratories.
In cold offices, it's all about your feet
Two new UC Berkeley ideas examine heating from the bottom up.
Can being uncertain of your social rank be bad for your health?
New research suggests that not knowing where you stand takes a serious toll.
Peter Walter discovered a molecule that makes mice smarter. Can it heal a human brain?
A UCSF biochemist's discovery could transform our mental capacities.
Go ahead, curse in front of your kids
A UC San Diego cognitive scientist investigates whether exposure to four-letter words causes any harm.