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Too many firefighters are dying of cancer. UCLA’s Derek Urwin aims to change that
November 23, 2021
The veteran L.A. County firefighter expects to earn his Ph.D. in chemistry in winter quarter and start a new career focused on understanding firefighter safety and health.
Festival celebrates newest new olive oil
November 18, 2021
The UC Davis Olive Center and the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation bring you Olio Nuovo.
Flame retardants linked to autistic-like behavior
November 18, 2021
A new study is the first to show autistic-relevant behavior and brain changes in female offspring from maternal transfer of environmental pollutants.
Managing water resources in a low-to-no-snow future
November 10, 2021
With mountain snowpacks shrinking in the western U.S., researchers analyze when a low-to-no-snow future might arrive.
Researchers develop CRISPR-based rapid diagnostic tool for SARS-CoV-2
November 10, 2021
SENSR, the latest UC San Diego innovation addressing COVID-19, adds to the toolkit of quick-turnaround diagnostics needed for future pandemics.
A paleontology power pair
October 21, 2021
Married professors Nigel Hughes and Mary Droser earn top honors in their field.
Cars, start your engines!
October 21, 2021
UC San Diego joins the University of Hawai‘i to compete at the first autonomous car race at famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Innovative joint program in computational precision health at UC Berkeley and UCSF aims to improve quality and equity of health care
October 21, 2021
The launch marks a significant step toward advancing this new field and, ultimately, improving the quality and equity of health care.
UC Irvine-led study finds medicinal plant extract to prevent morphine addiction
October 14, 2021
Findings point to herbal treatment to potentially help curb the opioid epidemic.
Is planetary defense PI in the sky?
October 14, 2021
Physicists propose a new method for defending the Earth against cosmic impacts.