Two UC-affiliated companies that focus on climate change solutions have won the 2021 UC Startup Innovation Challenge, while five others take home awards for social impact.

During any other year, these groundbreaking advances would have been big news. Here’s some of what you may have missed while you were busy washing your hands.

UC Merced joins three other campuses to sustainably meet the challenge of boosting global food production by 70 percent by 2050.

UCLA researchers take aim at a surprisingly large source of greenhouse gas emissions: concrete.

How two blind taste tests stunned the experts and changed the way the world drinks (and thinks about) wine.

Forty with ties to the University of California recognized by the magazine as young leaders in their fields.

Taking another big step toward becoming reality, Shuvo Roy's project is awarded KidneyX’s Artificial Kidney Prize.

A new project will study whether edible plants like lettuce into mRNA vaccine factories.

Nia Imara and her collaborators have created new, 3D-printed models that provide a deeper understanding of distant star formations.

A one-atom-thin 2D magnet developed by Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley could advance new applications in computing and electronics.

This new sweat-fueled device generates power even while the wearer is asleep or sitting still — no exercise required.

The new technology, which translates signals from the brain, could lead to more natural communication for people who have suffered speech loss.