UC Irvine |
Water, warming and a world at risk
Amir AghaKouchak, who specializes in co-occurring environmental hazards, earns a global honor.
UC Santa Cruz |
DESI completes largest high-resolution 3D map of universe to date
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has completed its originally planned five-year mission and mapped more than 47 million galaxies and quasars, and will continue observations into 2028 and further expand the map.
UC San Diego |
Largest U.S. study finds teen cannabis use linked to slower cognitive development
A study of more than 11,000 teens finds cannabis use tied to slower gains in memory, focus and thinking speed as well as worse memory over time during key years of brain development.
UC Nature |
UC Nature Symposium celebrates 60 years of the Natural Reserve System
Newly rebranded as UC Nature, the UC Natural Reserve System of 42 sites, some in national parks, has supported research, university-level education, and public service at its field stations and outdoor laboratories across California for decades.
UC San Diego |
Protecting lives on Earth, with space
With innovative approaches to life-threatening diseases and natural disasters, UC San Diego researchers are making critical breakthroughs.
UC Irvine |
UC Irvine-led study achieves brain-controlled walking with artificial sensory feedback
A new study demonstrated a brain-computer interface technology that enables spinal cord injury patients to walk with a robotic exoskeleton and feel lifelike sensory responses, a key factor in safe and realistic mobility.
UC San Francisco |
Can pregnancy risks be telegraphed in the cellular mom-baby link?
The most detailed map yet of the maternal-fetal connection identifies new cell types and insights into conditions such as preeclampsia, preterm birth and miscarriage.
UC San Diego |
What does it mean to learn with AI?
What happens when AI becomes part of how we learn? On campus, students and faculty are exploring new approaches — and a new major — while engaging with these tools and the ideas behind them.
UC Riverside |
‘More crop per drop’: New UC Riverside irrigation robot is adorable — and revolutionary
UC Riverside has developed a modern-day robotic divining rod.
UC Santa Barbara |
The Big Bee Project brings natural history collections into the 21st century
UC Santa Barbara wraps up the Big Bee Project, a pioneering, multicampus initiative to bring natural history collections into the century of AI, big data and networked databases.
UC Riverside |
How plants stop growing to survive stress
A retired scientist’s persistence reveals insight to boost farm yields.
UC Davis |
Global strategies to protect seals and sea lions from avian influenza
A new study steps back to look at the overall impact of the virus on pinnipeds worldwide and offers recommendations for moving forward to monitor, characterize risk and build resilience in the affected species. It also suggests ways to help prevent the virus from reaching currently unaffected but vulnerable pinniped species.