UC Davis |

Biomedical innovations take top prizes in Big Bang! competition

UC Davis startups vie for funding to support new technologies in fertility and more.

UC San Diego |

UC San Diego develops body patch that could improve fitness tracking

Unobstrusive device monitors both biochemical and electric signals at the same time — a first.

UC San Francisco |

White House and Gates Foundation to convene precision public health summit at UCSF

Two-day live streamed conference will draw 150 leaders to discuss the early years of a child's life.

UC San Francisco |

Hybrid cancer drug could be resistance-resistant

UCSF scientists find conjoined compounds deal double blow to resistant cancers in cells and mice.

UC Irvine |

Doctors go digital at UC Irvine

Smartphone attachments are replacing traditional tools of the trade.

UC Merced |

Cancer cell growth linked to nervous system in UC Merced study

Research shows cells with damaged DNA proliferate more in upper areas of the body and near brain tissue in flatworms.

UCLA |

To reduce pre-Alzheimer’s cognitive impairment, get to the yoga mat

UCLA study finds yoga, meditation more effective than memory-boosting exercises.

UC San Diego |

UC San Diego key participant in White House National Microbiome Initiative

New effort to advance studies of microbial communities that live within and around us.

UC Irvine via The Conversation |

How Apple Watch and pervasive computing can lure you into leveling up your fitness

A UC Irvine professor explains how technology taps into our love of a challenge — and a pat on the back.

UC Davis |

An E. coli detector may be in your hands soon

A multidisciplinary UC Davis startup is working to create a hand-held pathogen detector.

UC San Francisco |

Most asthma research may not apply to African-American children

A UCSF study sheds light on understudied groups and finds unique risk factors that could lead to better treatments.

UC Merced |

Undocumented student makes history with Ph.D.

UC Merced's Yuriana Aguilar wants to bring her cutting-edge cardiac research to the Central Valley.