UC Merced |
Students battle for sustainability supremacy
The 2014 Water Battle — to see which residence hall can save the most water, by making just a few simple changes — runs from Oct. 1-31.
UCLA |
Grapes may help with acne
Resveratrol, an antioxidant, may lead to a clearer complexion when used with old standby benzoyl peroxide.
UC Santa Barbara |
Rating the planet's oceans
UC Santa Barbara's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis helped produce the first Ocean Health Index that includes all the Earth’s oceans.
UC Davis |
Student helps establish center for fellow undocumented students
Junior Ana Maciel played a role in establishing the new AB540 and Undocumented Student Center to help others like herself through their obstacles to a university education.
UC Newsroom |
UC nabs nearly a quarter of NIH brain research grants
Projects led by UC scientists will receive more than $10 million of the $46 million being awarded as part of the Obama BRAIN Initiative.
UC San Diego |
Battery system will be able to light 2,500 homes
2.5 megawatt storage system — one of the largest in the nation — will be installed next spring.
Lawrence Livermore Lab |
Data from Napa quake advances seismic science
New sources of information fuel both knowledge and emergency response.
UC Berkeley |
Three institutions join forces to seed transformative brain research
UC Berkeley, UCSF and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab have decided to invest in high-risk, high-gain projects that could jump-start our understanding of the brain.
UC Berkeley |
Berkeley and the making of Yosemite
Digital book brings to life the revered national park that's marking its 150th anniversary.
UC Davis |
No sign of health or nutrition problems from GMO livestock feed
The performance and health of food-producing animals consuming genetically engineered feed, first introduced 18 years ago, has been comparable to that of animals consuming non-GE feed.
UC Davis |
UC Davis, SunPower to build largest solar power plant in UC system
Project is designed to generate 33 million kilowatt-hours of electricity per year and expected to reduce the campus's carbon footprint by an estimated 9 percent.
UC Irvine |
Natural gas usage will have little effect on CO2 emissions
Greater utilization of plentiful natural gas could delay switch to renewable energy.