UC Berkeley |

Hummingbirds' unique sideways flutter gets them through small apertures

Hummingbirds zip around at dizzying speeds through our gardens on their hunt for nectar. How do they navigate such tight spaces? New UC Berkeley research has uncovered two of their tricks.
UCLA |

‘I feel like myself again’: UCLA clinical trial offers hope for lymphoma patients

Hirotaka Matsunaga has been in remission for 18 months after participating in a CAR-T cell therapy led by UCLA professors.
UC Santa Cruz |

‘Digital twins’ project will help clean up space junk, repair and decommission spacecrafts

UC Santa Cruz professor Ricardo Sanfelice and a team of researchers have been awarded $2.5M to model complex aerospace engineering problems.
UC San Francisco |

How daylight saving time impacts your sleep and what to do about it

Springing forward an hour leaves Americans so groggy that car accidents and heart attacks spike on ‘Sleepy Monday.’ Here are four tips to avoid it.
UC Newsroom |

UC has sent more women to space than any other school in the solar system

Since Sally Ride's history-making flight in 1983, the University of California has built a stellar roster of woman astronauts.
UC Santa Barbara |

Researchers develop molecules for a new class of antibiotics that can overcome drug resistant bacteria

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global problem: In 2019, an estimated 1.3 million deaths around the globe could be attributed to AMR.
UC Newsroom |

UC inventions garnered more patents than any other university in the world last year

Six UC campuses also on the list of schools with most undergraduate startup founders
UC Newsroom |

Millions of California women are exposed to cancer-causing chemicals at work. UC-funded research pinpoints risks and solutions.

The California Breast Cancer Research Program recently hosted a virtual symposium exploring critical findings on women's occupational exposures to chemicals linked with the disease.
UC Newsroom |

How three UC campuses are phasing out fossil fuels

This year every UC campus will publish a plan for eliminating carbon emissions and transitioning to renewable energy by 2045, and three campuses — Berkeley, Davis and Santa Cruz — are on track to decarbonize ahead of schedule.
UC San Francisco |

New CRISPR center brings hope for rare and deadly genetic diseases

CRISPR collaboration combines expertise from three UC schools to scale treatment for diseases that industry has largely passed by — until now.
UC Riverside |

Keys to aging hidden in the leaves

Researchers at UC Riverside have pinpointed the part of a plant's cell that governs the speed of aging. By tinkering with these organelle, they've been able to bring nearly-dead plants back to vigorous health.