UCSF |

How our eye movements during sleep correspond to what we look at in our dreams

Multiple brain regions coordinate to conjure wholly imagined worlds in our sleep, study shows.
UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center |

How we misunderstand anxiety and miss out on its benefits

How feeling anxious can give us motivation and insights about ourselves, if we respond to it the right way.
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.