A grad student focuses intently as he slides a three-foot-long steel bar into a large apparatus made of tubes and wires, in a lab full of similar such apparatuses.

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UC Newsroom |

Critical research hangs in the balance as UC faces unprecedented federal threats

Explore some of the research happening at UC that’s poised to deliver transformative benefits to the American people.

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UC Newsroom |

12 foods you couldn’t live without — brought to you by the University of California

Across university farms and labs, and in partnership with growers and ranchers around the state, research from the University of California is at the root of the nation’s abundance.

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UCLA |

UCLA researchers make progress toward healing scarred hearts

Findings suggest stem cells may one day be used to regenerate damaged tissue after heart attack.
An enzyme appears to enable Xyllela fastidiosa bacteria to infect grapevines with Pierce's disease, causing serious leaf damage as pictured here.
UC Davis |

Newly identified enzyme may be culprit in Pierce's disease grapevine damage

UC Davis researchers hope that the discovery, which runs counter to existing theories, will lead to new diagnostics and potential treatments for Pierce’s disease.
Christopher Costello
UC Santa Barbara |

Winning an "Ocean Oscar"

UC Santa Barbara professor receives a prestigious Peter Benchley Ocean Award for his work on sustainable fisheries.
UC Irvine nursing
UC Irvine |

Sue and Bill Gross commit $40 million to establish nursing school at UC Irvine

Largest single gift ever to campus will help address critical health care needs.
Asimo, the Honda robot
UC Berkeley |

Will computers ever truly understand what we’re saying?

Machines may never be able to take into account the context of a conversation the way people do, says a UC Berkeley researcher.
Conley measures methane emissions in Southern California
UC Davis Newsroom |

Aliso Canyon methane leak emissions sky-high, finds UC Davis pilot scientist

Leak that prompted Gov. Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency is doubling the emission rate for the entire Los Angeles Basin.
Dalmatian UCLA research
UCLA |

Modern genetic problems in dogs may be traced to domestication

UCLA study finds that 15,000 years of artificial selection may have led to a rise in the number of harmful genetic changes in canines.
UC Riverside backyard chicken
UC Riverside |

Backyard chickens - less healthy than you think?

A new UC Riverside study finds parasites more common than in commercially raised birds.
Cannabis plant
UCSF |

Cannabis-based drug reduces seizures in children with treatment resistant epilepsy

First study to examine the safety and efficacy of cannabidiol for children
Taiko drumming
UC Riverside |

Music professor tapped for National Council on the Humanities

President Obama will nominate UC Riverside's Deborah Wong for the National Council on the Humanities.
Beer for Butterfly contest
UC Davis |

Don't miss the annual 'Beer for a Butterfly' contest

Be the first to catch a cabbage white butterfly as part of this UC Davis professor's study and win an unusual prize.
When poverty becomes disease
UCSF |

Poor health: when poverty becomes disease

UCSF doctors and researchers address the impact of poverty on health in research and practice.