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UC sponsors bill to close financial aid gap for undocumented students

Legislation would create an educational loan program for students who meet eligibility requirements under California state law AB 540.
UC San Francisco |

Benioffs give hospitals $100M

Gift to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital Oakland will help strengthen children's health care across the San Francisco Bay Area.
UCLA |

Spinal cord therapy helps paraplegics move their legs

Four young men who have been paralyzed for years achieved groundbreaking progress — moving their legs — as a result of epidural electrical stimulation of the spinal cord.
UC San Francisco |

Online registry aims to drive brain disease research

Project promises to cut time and cost of conducting clinical trials for brain diseases, while also helping scientists analyze and track brain functions.
UC Davis |

Field study shows why food quality will suffer with rising CO2

Increased levels of carbon dioxide — a hallmark of climate change — impair plants' growth and yield.
UCLA |

Does a junk food diet make you lazy?

Data suggest that diet-induced obesity is a cause, rather than an effect, of laziness.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |

Laser researchers revolutionize aviation industry

The flying public benefits from stronger, safer aircraft because of lab research.
UC Berkeley |

Grad student, prof and alum join forces to save diabetics from blindness in post-conflict Libya

A graduate student in optometry, one of her professors and an alumnus have joined forces to build a long-distance diagnostic project that has the potential to save sight for many.
Los Alamos National Laboratory |

A CAVE for supercomputing

In this special room, 3-D visualization allows researchers to test hypotheses, fueled by supercomputing power.
UC Berkeley |

Hummingbird evolution soared after invading South America 22 million years ago

A newly constructed family tree tells a story of a unique group of birds that ultimately found its paradise in South America 22 million years ago.
UC San Diego |

New evidence that autism begins during pregnancy

Post-mortem studies reveal brain development changes that are linked to autism.
UC Davis |

New test detects Parkinson's-like disorder in young adults

Early signs of neurodegenerative ailment, normally not detected till middle age, now can be seen in adults as young as 30.