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UC Newsroom |

7 world-changing UC innovations that emerged from federal research funding

From the internet to the ozone layer, AI to the human genome, UC scientists have turned federal research funding into history-making, economy-boosting solutions.

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UC Newsroom |

Cuts to federal science spending will cost every American

America’s scientific leadership is teetering. The proposed federal budget would send it off a cliff.

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UC Davis reading study
UC Davis |

UC Davis scientists get a new look into how we read

Researchers discover a way to observe brain activity during natural reading, expanding our ability to understand language.
UC Newsroom |

Do your politics make you happy?

Does being conservative or liberal make you a happier person? And should that influence how you vote?
UC Grad Slam
UC Newsroom |

Grad students compete to make their research accessible

UC Grad Slam challenges students to sum up the subject of their dissertation, TED-style.
Unemployed smokers have a harder time finding a job
UC Newsroom |

Smokers struggle to find jobs, get paid less

A new study supported by UC has found that tobacco use while unemployed could make job prospects go up in smoke.
UC Riverside student volunteers, recruited by Global Food Intiative fellow Claudia Villegas, set up new garden beds at the Community Settlement Association.
UC ANR |

UC Cooperative Extension takes community gardening to new level in Riverside

UC Cooperative Extension in Riverside County is bringing together students, agencies, nutrition educators and gardening experts to work alongside families to grow produce in garden plots at a community facility.
UC San Diego arts engineer
UC San Diego |

Visual arts and engineering transforming education

Engineers and visual artists collaborate on final projects together in a new studio on the UC San Diego campus.
UCLA personalized medicine
UCLA |

UCLA study yields the key to effective personalized medicine

New platform optimizes drug doses to prevent organ rejection for transplant patients.
UC researchers found that half of WIC kids had eaten green vegetables the previous day, in contrast to only one in five non-WIC children.
UC ANR |

WIC food improves preschool children's diet quality, UC study finds

Federal assistance program serves roughly 4 million children.
UCSF doula training
UCSF Science of Caring |

Novel doula training for incarcerated women and those at risk grows

Successful UC San Francisco-supported vocational program provides empowerment and economic stability.
UC Berkeley canvassing study
UC Berkeley |

UC Berkeley alums find canvassing reduces transgender prejudice

A new study finds that 10-minute talks can shift opinion as profoundly as 14 years of social change.
UC Riverside Immortality Project
UC Riverside Magazine |

Flitting through eternity

UC Riverside provides some new insight into the physical basis of near-death experiences.
UC San Diego vitamin D
UC San Diego |

Higher levels of vitamin D correspond to lower cancer risk

Levels of 40 ng/ml or greater can make the disease as much as 67 percent less likely, UC San Diego researchers find.