UCLA Magazine |
Homes with heart for Sendai
Architecture and urban design chair Hitoshi Abe is designing homes that will rise from the rubble in his quake- and tsunami-damaged hometown in Japan.
Lawrence Livermore Lab |
Did icy comets serve as storks for life on Earth
Astrobiologist investigates whether cosmic collisions were the key to earthly life.
Lawrence Berkeley Lab |
Driverless electric taxis could save money and the planet
Study finds lower greenhouse gas emissions on per-mile basis for driverless cars deployed as taxis — plus they're cost effective.
UC Irvine |
Birthday celebration for Dalai Lama coincides with compassion summit
Spiritual leader continues the Global Compassion Summit with discussions at UC Irvine.
California Magazine |
Spinning silk sans spiders
It took a lot of spiders for Berkeley and UCSF alums to create a synthetic silk that's virtually identical to the real deal.
UCLA |
First successful heart transplant after using experimental artificial organ
Device is designed for use by smaller patients, buying time until a donor heart can be found.
UC Santa Cruz |
Scholarships available for UC Santa Cruz organic farming apprenticeships
Application period opens for 2016 program -- applications due Aug. 15 for international applicants, Sept. 30 for U.S. citizens.
UC Santa Cruz |
Santa Cruz develops online courses available to all UC students
Online calculus courses are the first cross-campus courses that satisfy prerequisites at all nine UC undergraduate campuses.
UC Santa Barbara via The Conversation |
Concrete jungle: Cities adapt to growing ranks of urban wildlife
In recent years, a host of charismatic wild species have returned to American cities in numbers not seen for generations.
UCLA |
Stem cell gene therapy holds promise for eliminating HIV infection
Method modifies immune cells to attack the virus and could be used to treat other diseases.
UC Santa Barbara |
A win-win-win-win
With $1.5 million in National Science Foundation funding, a group of researchers from UC Santa Barbara and partner institutions will study the effects of a novel way of eradicating schistosomiasis.
UC Davis |
UC Davis saves 61 million gallons of water a year
New process in campus cooling system will result in a 9 percent cut in the amount of potable water used.