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 Japanese beetle munches a leaf.
UC Davis |

Diversity as natural pesticide

Why insect pests love monocultures, and how plant diversity could change that.
UC Irvine Mars hero
UC Irvine |

Travel to Mars, risk dementia

Study raises questions about long-term brain health after extended spaceflights.
UC Riverside arctic bee
UC Riverside Magazine |

Hunt for the Arctic bumblebee

An elusive bee could teach us about climate change in one of the least-understood environments on Earth.
DNA art
UC Newsroom |

NIH Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program expands to California

UC-led consortium will help recruit million-person cohort at center of federal effort.
UC Davis agroforestry
UC Newsroom |

How scientists are taking on the global food crisis

Amid a changing climate, researchers race to develop staple crops that resist heat, drought and disease.
Sharon Gray UC Davis
UC Davis |

Sharon Gray’s mentorship lives on

Special fund aims to foster exchange with country where the postdoctoral student lost her life.
sickle cell
UC Berkeley |

Gene editing marks key step toward sickle cell cure

Repairing the sickle cell mutation in stem cells holds promise for new treatment.
Google UC Santa Cruz
UC Santa Cruz |

The more you Google, the more likely you are to keep Googling

"Let me Google that for you" may not be so good for us after all.
This year's class of UC Global Food Initiative student fellows includes returning fellows (left) Hannah Malan of UCLA and Holly Mayton of UC Riverside, who participated last spring in a GFI fellows' field trip to Full Belly Farm in the Capay Valley.
UC Newsroom |

Student fellows help shape future of food

This year's class of 55 UC Global Food Initiative student fellows includes 14 returnees.
Middle School Moguls
UC Newsroom |

Guise and dolls

A UC Irvine entrepreneur disrupts stereotypes and the toy market with a new line of dolls.
Berkeley Lab smallest transistor
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |

Smallest transistor ever made by Berkeley Lab

Berkeley Lab-led research breaks major barrier in transistor size by creating gate only 1 nanometer long.
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UC Newsroom |

Applying to college? Don’t make this costly mistake

How California families can make sure they don't miss out on billions in financial aid.