UC Merced |
Coalition involving UC Merced awarded $65 million in Build Back Better Funds
It is the the largest federal grant ever awarded to the Central Valley, and will aid the launch of a state-of-the-art agricultural technology hub that connects farmers to industry.
UC Santa Barbara |
A nutrition label for Earth
Researchers estimate the environmental impacts of 57,000 common store-bought food products.
UC Newsroom |
Application deadline nears for extraordinary fellowship that unites young scientists with Nobel laureates
The UC President’s Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings Fellowship is open to students and postdocs from all 10 UC campuses, as well as the three UC-affiliated National Laboratories. The deadline is October 17, 2022.
UC Irvine |
The sleep detectives
UCI Health’s one-stop Sleep Center treats slumber disorders of every stripe.
UC Santa Cruz |
Political parties use gerrymandering to counteract shifting voter preferences in key battleground states
Whichever party controls the redistricting process in the state legislature engineers an 11 percentage point increase in its probability of winning a U.S. House race in the next election — and these advantages often run counter to the will of voters.
UC Berkeley |
When work becomes your religion, nothing else matters
Religion expert Carolyn Chen examines the role that spirituality plays in productivity in Silicon Valley.
UC Davis |
Clinical trial aims to restore speech to those who lost it due to brain injuries
BrainGate2 will use brain implants and machine learning to ‘decode’ people’s intended speech.
UCLA |
A simple method for destroying ‘forever chemicals’ and making water safe
Using common reagents in heated water, chemists can ‘behead’ and break down PFAS, leaving only harmless compounds.
UC Santa Barbara |
A new kind of chemo
Researchers identify a new class of drugs that offer a safer, more targeted treatment for leukemia patients.
UC Newsroom |
The science of cool: How UC research is helping cities cope with heat waves
Cities can be considerably hotter than surrounding rural regions. New materials and technologies can cool things down.
UC Irvine via The Conversation |
The metaverse isn’t here yet, but it already has a long history
The metaverse is still unfolding, but it has been developing for more than a century. Rudimentary virtual worlds have existed — in imagination and reality — since the days of the telegraph.
UC San Francisco |
Reprogramming the brain’s cleaning crew to mop up Alzheimer’s disease
New CRISPR technology puts diseased microglia back on track.