UC Irvine |

Autonomous vehicles can be tricked into dangerous driving behavior

Ordinary objects alongside the road can cause a car or truck to halt abruptly, research shows.
UC Office of the President |

UC strengthens efforts to remove barriers to STEMM, works to accelerate progress in diversifying professoriate by becoming first charter University system in SEA Change

The University of California today (May 24) announced that its 10 campuses have joined the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) STEMM Equity Achievement (SEA) Change program, making UC the first institution of higher learning to sign on at a systemwide level. Three University campuses, UC Davis, UC Irvine and UC Santa Cruz, are established charter members of the program.
UC Santa Barbara |

The world’s highest jumper

A device developed in the Hawkes Lab achieves the tallest height of any known jumper, engineered or biological.
UC San Diego |

Diagnosing neurological disease at home

A smartphone app that could allow people to screen for Alzheimer's and other neurological diseases and disorders by recording closeups of their eye.
UC Berkeley, UC Merced |

Flying buses in California skies?

Advanced air mobility could help people and goods in modes and environments previously underserved by traditional means get where they need to go.
UCLA |

4 billion-year-old relic from early solar system heading our way

But don’t lose sleep — we’re in no danger, UCLA professor David Jewitt assures.
UC Newsroom |

UC adopts recommendations for the responsible use of artificial intelligence

UC is one of the first universities in the nation to establish overarching principles for the responsible use of AI, with an emphasis on transparency and accountability.
UC Berkeley |

Defending democracy — a new approach to thwarting misinformation

If social media are required to share their data with researchers, we could learn how dangerous propaganda goes viral.