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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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.

A child hanging on to her mom's back reaches for a pepper in the produce aisle

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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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A gift of cash may be just the right thing.
The Conversation |

Gift-giving taboos that aren’t as bad as you think

Behavioral science research shows that gifts that may seem  inappropriate to givers might actually be better appreciated by recipients than they might think.
The numbers of wild pollinators like this yellow-faced bumblebee have declined in areas where the need for crop pollination is high.
UC Davis |

Wild bees decline where crop pollination most needed, study finds

New study suggests that wild bee populations likely declined in areas comprising 23 percent of the nation between 2008 and 2013, a decline associated with conversion of natural wild bee habitat into intensive agriculture.
Popular android apps could be compromising users’ security, UCR researchers have shown.
UC Riverside |

When apps talk behind your back

UC Riverside study shows popular apps interact with risky websites.
Big ideas in health and science for 2016
UC San Francisco |

Big ideas in health and science for 2016

UC San Francisco experts predict areas that will see major advances, and where basic science will be translating into real treatments.
UCSB scientists collaborate with researchers, wildlife agencies, San Francisco, Oakland zoos to save endangered California species of frog
UC Santa Barbara |

Rescue and recovery effort for endangered frog

UC Santa Barbara scientists collaborate with wildlife agencies, and San Francisco and Oakland zoos to save native California species.
CRISPR named Science's Breakthrough of 2015
UC Berkeley |

Science magazine names CRISPR ‘Breakthrough of the Year’

Genome-editing technology invented at UC Berkeley is year’s top innovation.
UC Newsroom |

UC's top 10 stories of 2015

From expanding enrollment to tackling climate change, 2015 was a big year for the University of California.
Winning team, Ag for Hire, brainstorms its app at the Apps for Ag Hackathon with the UC Davis World Food Center.
UC Davis |

Hackers compete for best ag app

Ag for Hire team wins the hackathon, which, in partnership with the World Food Center at UC Davis, was one of a series of events at the Food, Ag and Health Solution Summit.
UC campuses among top 'best values' in 2016 Kiplinger rankings
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UC campuses among top 'best values' in 2016 Kiplinger rankings

Eight ranked in top 100 for public universities.
Roger Beachy, UC Davis
UC Davis |

UC Davis World Food Center recruits permanent director

Roger Beachy’s term as founding director comes to an end Jan. 31, after which he will stay on as a senior fellow and continue his work on partnerships in China.
UC Santa Barbara's John Bowers (left) is among 12 UC innovators elected to the National Academy of Inventors.
UC Newsroom |

13 UC innovators elected to the National Academy of Inventors

The newest members of the NAI come from across the UC system, with fellows from UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UCLA, UC San Diego, UC San Francisco and UC Santa Barbara among the 2015 honorees.
Cool Campus Challenge
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Cool Campus Challenge crowns a winner

UC Irvine emerged victorious after a tight race to the finish in the first Cool Campus Challenge.