UC San Diego |
ARPA-H project aims to end liver transplant shortage with 3D bioprinting
Researchers are developing functional, patient-specific livers using 3D bioprinting and stem cell technology to eliminate the need for donor organs.
UC San Diego |
Electric cars won’t fix sitting: The health costs of designing cities around cars
Walkability pioneer, UC San Diego urban planning professor Lawrence Frank revisits two decades of evidence linking car dependence and chronic disease — and explains why cleaner cars won’t make us healthier.
UC Riverside |
Fathers’ microplastic exposure tied to their children’s metabolic problems
UC Riverside-led mouse study finds microplastics affect male and female offspring differently.
UCLA |
On first anniversary of L.A. wildfires, health effects linger, but progress continues
UCLA Health experts say long-term threats to lung health, mental well-being and overall community wellness remain, long after the 2025 L.A. wildfires were extinguished.
UC San Francisco |
Indoor tanning makes youthful skin much older on a genetic level
Research reveals that artificial sources of ultraviolet radiation cause cellular mutations that can be the seeds of future cancers, including highly deadly melanoma.
UC San Diego |
Five tips on how to have a civil conversation
Civility is fine — but curiosity is even better.
UC Davis |
Lighting strongly influences people’s experience while listening to music, a new study suggests
The research has implications for concert halls, health-care settings and more.
UC Newsroom |
10 awesome discoveries from UC research in 2025
A year of new treatments, new technologies, new ways to stay safe during disasters and new insights on the mysteries of the galaxy, our planet and our past.
UC Newsroom |
UC changes lives for the better. And for these nine supporters, it’s personal.
As the University of California faces unprecedented challenges, community members are speaking out about how UC has shaped their lives.
UC Riverside |
Study links America’s favorite cooking oil to obesity
Scientists previously identified an association between soybean oil and obesity. Now, they've uncovered one of the reasons for the link.
UC Irvine |
From toxicity to healing: Changing the culture of online gaming
UC Irvine researcher Constance Steinkuehler finds toxicity in gaming in one setting and hope in another.
UC Davis |
New field of ecological medicine emphasizes health benefits of connectedness
Ecological medicine is a new approach to health science that draws on a very old idea: connecting with each other, with animals and plants, and with the natural world fosters health and well-being for people and the planet.