UC Davis |

Federal contract for up to $40 million fuels research to revolutionize clean indoor air and defend against next pandemic

UC Davis researchers will develop sensor systems that can act as a "smoke alarm" for indoor air contaminants such as allergens, viruses or mold spores.
UC Newsroom |

UC faculty and alums behind 13 of TIME's Best Inventions of 2025

Lab-grown seafood, a new treatment for Parkinson's disease and a kid-safe power saw are among the genius ideas from UC inventors honored by TIME magazine in 2025.
UC Newsroom |

UC wins 5 Nobel Prizes in 3 days — and sets a new world record

These discoveries span decades and disciplines, but they all have one important thing in common: They’ve all relied on competitive funding from the federal government.
UC Santa Cruz |

Protecting NASA funding ensures breakthroughs in space science and benefits in daily life continue

From GPS to innovations in computing and optics, technologies developed for space research at UC Santa Cruz touch nearly every aspect of modern life.
UC Newsroom |

Nobel Prize in physics awarded to 3 University of California faculty

UC Berkeley emeritus professor John Clarke, UC Santa Barbara professor Michel H. Devoret and UC Santa Barbara professor John M. Martinis were awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in physics for their contributions to macroscopic quantum tunneling.
UC Newsroom |

How the US became a science superpower

America's leadership "isn't some fixed, unchanging feature of the scientific landscape," says one UC historian.
UC Riverside |

How to build larger, more reliable quantum computers

UC Riverside scientists link multiple quantum chips to grow quantum systems.
UC Newsroom |

Critical research hangs in the balance as UC faces unprecedented federal threats

Explore some of the research happening at UC that’s poised to deliver transformative benefits to the American people.
UC San Diego |

How can visual artists protect their work from AI crawlers? It’s complicated

Most artists don’t have access to the tools that would allow them to block AI crawlers. And if they do have access, artists don’t know how to use these tools, according to a new study from UC San Diego.
UC Riverside |

UC Riverside scientists develop tool to detect fake videos

Developed in collaboration with Google, the new model spots fakes by interpreting faces and backgrounds.
UC Berkeley |

As chatbots get smarter, humans’ unique language abilities are becoming less special

UC Berkeley researchers say large language models have gained "metalinguistic ability," a hallmark of human language and cognition no other animal has displayed.
UC Newsroom |

7 world-changing UC innovations that emerged from federal research funding

From the internet to the ozone layer, AI to the human genome, UC scientists have turned federal research funding into history-making, economy-boosting solutions.