UC Santa Barbara |
How a popular volcano is changing what we know about how volcanoes work
Recent findings from Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall eruptions change what we know about the fundamentals of volcanoes.
UCLA |
These pesticides may increase cancer risk in children
UCLA-led research links prenatal exposure to specific chemicals to higher rates of eye cancer.
UC Office of the President |
UC claims top spots in U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 Best Colleges rankings
Six University of California campuses are among the top 10 public universities in America, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 Best Colleges rankings, released today (Sept. 12). For the third straight year in a row, the magazine also placed all nine of UC’s undergraduate campuses on its coveted list of the top 100 public and private universities across the country.
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.