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UC Newsroom |

Coming of age in a warming world: How UC students are turning climate anxiety into action

How do UC students think about their futures, knowing that the climate they were born into will probably look a whole lot different than the one they grow old in?

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A UC degree launched Miguel Tamayo’s life as an aerospace engineer. Here’s how he paid for college.

Hear how one student paid for a UC education. 

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UC Natural Reserve System |

Weather stations help answer climate questions

UC Natural Reserve System network provides data to measure how changes are impacting wildlife.
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UC Davis |

Frog abnormalities not as common as feared

A 10-year study shows some good news for frogs and toads on national wildlife refuges: The rate of abnormalities such as shortened or missing legs was less than 2 percent overall.
UC Office of the President |

Sequestration takes toll on research, education

UC leadership: Science is at risk because of across-the-board spending cuts in the federal budget.
UC Irvine |

People with superior recall powers vulnerable to false memories

Test subjects with super-autobiographical memory logged scores similar to those with average memory, researchers find.
UCLA |

Low-fat diet changes prostate cancer tissue

Study suggests altering diet lowers cell cycle prorgression score, a key predictor for recurrence of the disease.
UCLA |

For anxious children and teens, context counts

Those with anxiety disorders have more activity in specific part of brain if interpreting situations negatively, study finds.
UC Santa Barbara |

JFK presidency: what was, what might have been

Fifty years after his assassination, scholars examine John Kennedy's accomplishments and the work he left undone.
UC Davis |

Grapevine virus screening saves wine country $60M

Study quantifies monetary benefits for Napa, Sonoma counties of UC Davis-based Foundation Plant Services.
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UC Berkeley |

End of the computer transistor era?

Researchers could soon transform the building blocks of modern computing by making nanomagnetic switches a viable replacement for conventional transistors.
Sikhs
UC Irvine |

Whirlwind tour of spirituality

Students, faculty and staff explore the world’s great faith — and non-faith — traditions.
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UCLA |

Dogs likely originated in ancient Europe

Genetic analysis suggests an extinct population of wolves was domesticated by hunter-gatherers more than 18,000 years ago
UC San Diego |

Government aid: like parent, like offspring

Parents’ use of government assistance likely drives use in next generation.