UC Newsroom |

UC helps bring first-of-its-kind semiconductor hub to California

The facility is expected to bring in over $1B in research funding to the state and help position the U.S. as a leader in semiconductor innovation.
UC Berkeley |

Capturing carbon from the air just got easier

UC Berkeley scientists developed a new type of porous material called a covalent organic framework, which quickly sucks up carbon dioxide from ambient air.
UC San Diego |

Blood pressure readings at your fingertips

Billion Labs, a company founded by electrical engineers at UC San Diego, wins a design award for their at-home health app.
UC Santa Cruz |

Researchers run high-performing large language model on the energy needed to power a lightbulb

By eliminating the most computationally expensive element of a large language model, engineers at UC Santa Cruz drastically improve energy efficiency while maintaining performance.
UC Newsroom |

California has problems. AI can help solve them.

As AI gets more powerful and easier to use, UC researchers are finding ways to integrate these emerging technologies into their work, shortening the distance to solutions that benefit every Californian.
UC Merced |

Stretchy material that gets stronger when hit has exciting potential

UC Merced inventors say the substance could improve smartwatches and flexible electronics for health monitoring, such as cardiovascular sensors or continuous glucose monitors.
UC Health |

A clinical trial pilot pioneers a new era of collaboration, innovation and equity

UC San Francisco epidemiologist Dr. Van Blarigan is conducting "Tools to Be Fit," a clinical trial program that aims to improve the health of cancer survivors.
UC San Francisco |

App may pave way to treatments for no. 1 dementia in under-60s

UCSF-led research shows smartphone cognitive testing is comparable to gold-standard methods and may detect FTD in gene carriers before symptoms start.
UC Santa Cruz |

First results from DESI make the most precise measurement of our expanding universe

UC Santa Cruz, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab contribute to Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument collaboration.
UC Newsroom |

‘The UC Effect’: Shaping the future of AI

UC’s first systemwide Congress on AI delved into the technology’s promise and perils — and the unique role the university can play in leading the way forward.
UC Newsroom |

How AI discriminates and what that means for your Google habit: A conversation with internet studies scholar Safiya Noble

The UCLA professor who put the study of algorithmic discrimination on the map turns her focus to our AI-powered future.
UC Newsroom |

Three fixes for AI's bias problem

UC researchers are ferreting out discrimination in the algorithms that are shaping our society, and helping build a future where computers do us less harm and more good.