Together with Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Labs, the University of California is funding research to develop new AI approaches in genomics, quantum materials discovery and geothermal energy.

There's a reason several of the world's biggest tech companies have quantum research headquarters in California.

UC Cooperative Extension spent 2024 investigating the extent of a new beetle threat in the almond-growing regions of the state and learning from peers in Australia, where the insect has been a persistent scourge for a decade.

Algae are the new delivery drivers: they are tiny enough to float in inhalable liquid particles and travel deep inside the lungs of mice where they drop off drugs to fight pneumonia.

A first-of-its-kind study tested the safety of psilocybin and found that patients experienced clinically significant improvements in mood, cognition, and motor function that lasted for weeks after the drug was out of their systems.

$3 million award recognizes research achievements at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider

Serving nine UC campuses and two national laboratories, Lick Observatory continues to be at the forefront of groundbreaking discoveries and innovation, training the next generation of astronomers and astrophysicists.

The University of California today (April 24) announced the 2025 cohort of UC President’s Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings Fellows, 42 outstanding young scientists and economists from across the UC system who will join Nobel laureates from around the world at two renowned scholarly gatherings in Lindau, Germany.

Slushy hailstones of ammonia and water were part of a bizarre theory to explain the planet's poorly mixed atmosphere. These mushballs seem to be real, say UC Berkeley scientists.

A UC Davis study found that data from iNaturalist and eBird can reliably capture known seasonal patterns of bird migration in Northern California and Nevada.

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“Funding medical research is about more than just numbers. It's real people,” says Ryan Manriquez, president of the UC Graduate and Professional Council.