Tuesday, August 25, 2020
“This idea of creating this very unique UCR gift item is a way to take a piece of UCR home with you,” said Leslie Gerretse, senior manager for Hospitality Services.
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
With just four full-time staff members, the UC Riverside Women’s Resource Center (WRC) serves its campus population with a comprehensive range of programs and services. But what’s even more remarkable is that it is reaching beyond campus borders to engage the 2.3 million women who make Riverside and San Bernardino counties their home.
During her opening address, Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Elizabeth H. Simmons shared, “I am honored to be part of a campus community with so many champions who mentor, sponsor and advocate for the fair treatment of their women colleagues.”...
Thursday, January 2, 2020
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
"The Tails of Two Kitties" was a winning entry in UC Berkeley's Edible Book Festival, which celebrates life’s two finest creations: books and food.
Thursday, July 19, 2018
Thursday, November 30, 2017
An exquisite but long-hidden collection of California art, including works by Ruth Asawa, Richard Diebenkorn and Wayne Thiebaud, has been given to UC Irvine by the trust of Gerald Buck, a Newport Beach developer and art aficionado who passed away in 2013.
Thursday, September 28, 2017
UCSF medical students are using virtual reality in the anatomy lab to give them a new way to bridge hands-on training with cadavers and textbook learning. Read more, and watch a video, about how VR is revolutionizing the way future doctors are learning about our bodies.
Thursday, August 10, 2017
Download the app and practice beforehand, so you're prepared when the big day arrives, on Monday, Aug. 21.
Thursday, August 3, 2017
To participate in the study, download a free app which transmits real-time updates to help you tweak your usage.
Thursday, July 6, 2017
Young undocumented Latinos who gain legal status, even on a temporary basis, experience significant positive effects on their psychological well-being, according to a new study by researchers at UC Merced and UC Davis.
Thursday, June 29, 2017
Sometimes Siri has trouble understanding what you're saying, but UC Berkeley researchers hope their study on how humans create metaphors can pave the way for future advances in artificial intelligence. ...
Thursday, June 29, 2017
A UCLA professor is working to pinpoint specific strategies to attract and retain women and students of color as computer science majors.
Thursday, June 22, 2017
According to UCLA researchers, middle school students from a range of racial and ethnic backgrounds feel safer, less lonely and less bullied if they attend schools that are more diverse.
Thursday, June 22, 2017
UC Santa Cruz researchers found evidence that these big cats don't like encountering humans any more than we like bumping into them on hiking trails.
Thursday, June 15, 2017
The stereoscopic vision of seamstresses is superior to that of surgeons, UC Berkeley researchers find.
Thursday, June 15, 2017
UC San Diego launches Scripps Center for Marine Archaeology to study influence of marine environments on ancient societies.
Thursday, June 8, 2017
Peregrine falcons, once on the brink of extinction, have shifted from their natural cliff faces into tall buildings in urban areas, including UC Berkeley's Campanile.
Thursday, June 1, 2017
The initiative's primary goal is two-fold: to make students feel a sense of belonging and ownership over their education and to help teachers understand the challenges and cultural wealth of first generation students.
Thursday, June 1, 2017
UC Santa Barbara professors weigh in on the benefits of binge-watching.
Thursday, May 25, 2017
International team led by a UC San Diego computer scientist uncovered the system inside cars’ onboard computers. ...
Thursday, May 18, 2017
The archives tell the story of the early days of the AIDS epidemic in the San Francisco Bay Area, including how community groups and the medical community mobilized to help combat the disease.
Thursday, May 18, 2017
The chemists have developed nanoparticles that mimic the behavior of natural melanin-producing cell structures that protect our skin, eyes and other tissues from the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation.
Thursday, May 18, 2017
“This report should rightly be considered an alarm bell, but it should also be seen as a roadmap for how we can correct course to better support native aquatic species,” UC Davis professor emeritus Peter Moyle said.
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Specialists and volunteers worked together to identify the remains of the 19th century child whose casket was discovered in a San Francisco neighborhood.
Thursday, May 4, 2017
Explorers planning to settle on Mars might be able to turn the planet’s red soil into bricks without needing to use an oven or additional ingredients thanks to UC San Diego engineers.
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
The “Moonshot Initiative,” funded through a $1 million gift from Base 11, will establish a rocketry program at The Henry Samueli School of Engineering.
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
An interdisciplinary team of researchers at UC San Diego and Rady Children’s Hospital has developed new technology that could be used to accurately measure muscle stiffness during physical exams.
Thursday, April 13, 2017
UC San Diego research is set to transform the way urbanization and growth is studied.
Thursday, April 13, 2017
Campus partners with Irvine Ranch Water District to convert central cooling plant to recycled water use.
Thursday, April 13, 2017
A new study by mechanical engineers at UC Berkeley finally shows why your shoelaces may keep coming untied.
Thursday, April 6, 2017
UC Berkeley researchers discover that sleeping too little can elevate the risk of memory loss and other disorders among older people. ...
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Thursday, March 30, 2017
UCLA researchers have developed a cure for babies born with adenosine deaminase-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency, a rare and life-threatening condition that can be fatal within the first year of life if left untreated.
Thursday, March 23, 2017
UC Irvine's Newkirk Center for Science & Society becomes home to leading source of information for official criminal conviction reversals.
Thursday, March 9, 2017
After uncovering why zebras have black-and-white stripes (to repel biting flies), UC Davis scientists took the coloration question to giant pandas.
Thursday, March 9, 2017
According to a new study led by UC Santa Barbara researchers, good dietary choices could improve the health care system and even benefit the planet. ...
Thursday, February 23, 2017
UC Berkeley and Google are looking for citizen scientists to document and memorialize the August event, and help scientists learn about the sun in the process.
Thursday, February 23, 2017
Despite this year's Academy Award nominations and increased diversity in Hollywood, a UCLA report finds that racial minorities and women remain severely underrepresented in film and television hiring.
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Scalp cooling can lessen some chemotherapy-induced hair loss in certain breast cancer patients, according to a new multicenter study from UCSF, Weill Cornell Medicine and three other medical centers.
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Inspired by Oscar-nominated film “Hidden Figures,” UC Irvine faculty identify black pioneers they think should be included in history books.
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Physical activity gives your brain a boost, but can it enhance your vision? Research by UC Santa Barbara psychologists Barry Giesbrecht and Tom Bullock suggests that it can.
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
The robotics technologies in Michael Yip’s UC San Diego lab are all inspired by a common goal: to augment the capabilities of surgeons.
Thursday, February 9, 2017
An elephant seal monitored by UC Santa Cruz researchers swam about 7,400 miles, longer than any elephant seal recorded over two decades — then she gave birth to a baby boy.
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Berkeley Lab-led study adds to evidence that tobacco smoke's lingering residue could be harmful.
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Women whose breasts are composed largely of glandular tissue, rather than fat, have an amplified risk of breast cancer, which exceeds the impact of other widely known risks on a population level, say UCSF researchers.
Thursday, January 26, 2017
The UC Agriculture and Natural Resources 4-H Youth Development Program is bringing the 4-H experience to children south of the border.
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
A high-risk 24-year-old patient in need of a life-saving lung transplant was rejected by multiple transplant centers before UCLA Health, the U.S. Air Force and the actor who played the character Chewbacca in the "Star Wars" films came to her rescue. See the Facebook video of the patie...
Thursday, January 12, 2017
A new study from researchers at UCLA and Loyola Marymount University checked the DNA of fish ordered at 26 Los Angeles sushi restaurants from 2012 through 2015, and found that 47 percent of sushi was mislabeled.
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
The new app, developed by UC Irvine engineers, delivers state-of-the-art rainfall estimates in even remote areas. ...
Thursday, January 5, 2017
Mathematics professor Joseph Teran and his research team applied their knowledge of math, physics and computer science to enliven Disney's new 3-D computer-animated hit.
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Scientists, including several from UC Riverside, have developed a transparent, self-healing, highly stretchable conductive material.
Thursday, December 22, 2016
What drives decisions by autonomous vehicles in dire situations? UC Irvine researchers are finding out.
Thursday, December 22, 2016
UC Berkeley psychologists study how our brains rapidly retune to detect language patterns in formerly unintelligible speech.
Thursday, December 15, 2016
A new app developed by a Berkeley Lab team that monitors how you drive, then crunches the data to show you greener cars that fit your personal driving habits.
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
The 2016 Ocean Health Index shows no major declines — and few real improvements, says the UC Santa Barbara ecologist who worked on the study.
Friday, December 9, 2016
At UC San Diego Medical Center, patients can be in command of their own experience by controlling room temperature and lighting, selecting entertainment options and accessing their medical information — all with an iPad without leaving their beds.
Friday, December 2, 2016
A UC Santa Barbara astrophysicist examines the science behind science fiction movies, including the new film "Arrival."
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
UC Merced professors and graduate students are studying the ecosystem that surrounded what is now the La Brea Tar Pits in the middle of Los Angeles and hoping it will provide clues into how climate change will affect the future.
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
UCSF researchers have discovered that a common antibiotic that's safe to use during pregnancy can prevent the virus from infecting certain cells.
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
We can be fooled by androids in TV shows and movies, but not so much in real life, a new UC Berkeley study finds.
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Study by researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine finds that women giving birth for first time later in life increase chances of living to 90.
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Cement-based materials eventually reabsorb much of the CO2 released during creation, UC Irvine researchers find.
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
An international team of researchers, including UC Berkeley professor David Wake, reported three new species of the world’s smallest salamander — and all are in danger of dying out.
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
By sampling the molecules on cell phones, researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences were able to construct lifestyle sketches for each phone’s owner.
Thursday, November 10, 2016
The research led by Berkeley Lab underscores the need to identify and protect our vital ecosystems.
Thursday, November 10, 2016
UCLA professors discuss how nearly all the major polls and news organizations incorrectly predicted the outcome of the presidential election — and the unexpected way that gender played a role.
Thursday, November 10, 2016
Volunteers helped patients hospitalized at UCLA Health get Emergency Vote by Mail ballots so they didn't have to miss out on the chance to vote in the November presidential election.
Monday, November 7, 2016
UC doesn’t provide tuition assistance to its employees' children so the UC Merced Staff Assembly has begun a scholarship program earmarked for students whose parents work there. ...
Thursday, November 3, 2016
UC Santa Barbara computer science professor Elizabeth Belding is heading up efforts to provide internet access to rural tribal communities.
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
From the Pacific to the pines, UC Santa Barbara’s Kenneth S. Norris Rancho Marino Reserve in Cambria is an astounding display of ecological diversity and abundance.
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
UC San Diego study links online social interactions to longevity.
Monday, October 31, 2016
Would you look both ways if you knew cars would always stop? A UC Santa Cruz researcher thinks not.
Monday, October 31, 2016
Targeted medicine deliveries and increased energy efficiency are just two of many ways, according to research from UCLA.
Thursday, October 27, 2016
UCLA dietitians Dana Hunnes and Erin Morse explain how sugary drinks impact our health and how a tax might affect consumption.
Thursday, October 27, 2016
For some of us, scary movies are part of a once-a-year Halloween ritual. For Bliss Cua Lim, associate professor of film & media studies at UC Irvine, they’re her academic area of expertise.
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
While astronauts on long space missions do not experience a change in spinal disc height, the muscles supporting the spine weaken, find researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine.
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Four-year project will nearly double campus size and boost the economy by $1.9 billion in the San Joaquin Valley and $2.4 billion statewide.
Monday, October 17, 2016
Friday, October 14, 2016
UC Santa Barbara researchers are studying the effectiveness of an innovative program designed to help children learn about mental health.
Thursday, October 13, 2016
A team including researchers from UC Berkeley and UCSF has taken a key step toward a cure for sickle cell disease, using the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing tool.
Monday, October 10, 2016
UC Irvine study raises questions about long-term brain health after extended space flights.
Monday, October 10, 2016
From prepping for opening day to admitting the first students, UC Merced staffers look back on the campus's beginnings as they prepare for the Friday, Oct. 14 groundbreaking of the 2020 Project. The expansion project will double the campus's physical capacity and allow it to add 10,000 more students...
Friday, October 7, 2016
UC Santa Cruz psychology professor Ben Storm explains how the internet is changing the way we learn, remember and solve problems.
Friday, October 7, 2016
Scripps Oceanography scientists have just mapped the Salton Trough Fault, which runs parallel to the San Andreas Fault. The discovery will provide important information for earthquake rupture and ground-shaking models.
Thursday, October 6, 2016
Researchers from UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UCLA and UC Merced will join other institutions in studying fog, the critical role it plays in trees' survival during the summer and how climate change is affecting it.
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
The Stall Catchers game, which was developed in part by a UC Berkeley senior fellow, aims to accelerate the analysis of data and help scientists find targets for treatment of Alzheimer’s faster.
Monday, October 3, 2016
As ocean conditions continue to get warmer around the globe, the joint study by a UC Santa Cruz scientist and other marine experts expands our understanding of what the future may hold.
Thursday, September 29, 2016
Mothers – and fathers – across most Western countries are spending more time with their children than parents did in the mid-’60s, according to a UC Irvine study.
Thursday, September 29, 2016
According to a study by a UC Davis researcher, floating plastic trash in the ocean provides many new places for oceanic crabs to live — and more space opens up many different ways for crabs to live and find partners.
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
A new analysis of marijuana legislation by UCSF researchers offers a framework for states that are considering legalizing the drug and want to protect public health, rather than corporate profits.
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
A UC Riverside-led study shows that a baby makes copies of the maternal immune cells it acquires through mother’s milk.
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
A real-time ‘Firemap’ tool, developed by UC San Diego researchers, has proven effective in recent Los Angeles-area blazes.
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Take this quiz by a UC Riverside philosopher and find out.
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Thanks to the UCLA Center for Child Anxiety Resilience Education and Support (CARES), mindfulness has found its way into a classroom in Watts.
Friday, September 23, 2016
Large human genetics study conducted by UC San Diego Health researchers finds loneliness is a heritable trait associated with neuroticism and depressive symptoms, but no one gene is responsible.
Thursday, September 22, 2016
The concept may surprise some, although the work they do is vital to patients.
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Researchers at UC Berkeley have found that language and memory are intimately linked.
Friday, September 16, 2016
Regularly snapping selfies with your smartphone and sharing photos with your friends can help make you a happier person, according to computer scientists at UC Irvine.
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
An analysis by UC San Francisco researchers reveals that the sugar industry began working closely with nutrition scientists in the mid-1960s to downplay evidence linking sucrose consumption to coronary heart disease.
Thursday, September 8, 2016
Man's best friend could lead the way in fighting diseases that we have in common, UC Davis study shows.
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
UC Santa Barbara professor David Cleveland and his students demonstrate that turning your lawn into a vegetable garden can cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
A UC Merced researcher is developing solar-powered water heating technology that will soon be put to the test in a Southern California community.
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
UC Davis researchers are deploying robot larvae into the oceans to better understand where marine larvae go, how they get there and more.
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Two hundred miles above Earth, NASA has conducted the first genome sequencing in space, and researchers at UCSF helped analyze the data sent back from the International Space Station and confirm that the sequencing was a success.
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
The UC Firearm Violence Research Center at UC Davis’ Sacramento campus will draw on the power of other UC campuses and beyond to provide the scientific evidence that informs the development of effective prevention policies and programs.
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
A new UC Berkeley study shows a 21 percent drop in the drinking of soda and other sugary beverages in Berkeley’s low-income neighborhoods after the city levied a penny-per-ounce tax on sugar-sweetened beverages.
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
A UC Irvine study suggests that our fears of leaving children unsupervised have become exaggerated in recent decades – not because the practice has become more dangerous, but because it has become socially unacceptable.
Monday, August 22, 2016
New research in mice, led by a team including scientists from the UC San Diego School of Medicine, suggests that the viral risk of Zika may not be limited to pregnant women.
Friday, August 19, 2016
Brain scans of singer-songwriter Sting, combined with imaging analysis techniques developed by a UC Santa Barbara neurologist, shed light on how Sting's brain organizes music.
Thursday, August 11, 2016
A UC Santa Barbara psychologist reveals the science behind a fulfilling single life.
Friday, August 12, 2016
By 2085, only eight Northern Hemisphere cities outside of western Europe are likely to be cool enough to host the summer games, UC Berkeley scientists find.
Friday, August 12, 2016
No one does floor exercises like the Bruins, who are renowned for their ability to paint a scene while running, jumping and somersaulting through the air. That was no less true this past season when the gymnastics team took command of the floor.
Monday, August 8, 2016
President Napolitano spent time with students at the Youth Empowerment Institute, an annual summer camp for girls that merges college access topics with emerging technology, during a two-day visit to UC Santa Cruz.
Thursday, August 4, 2016
The Dean Search Committee is seeking “strong, dynamic leadership from a candidate with the vision and skills to propel UC Hastings forward.”...
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Researchers are signing up for the "Write to Change the World" fellowship program, led by UC Merced, to learn how to write for mainstream media, pitch ideas and condense what they want in a concise, meaningful way.
Thursday, August 11, 2016
The stigma associated with mental illnesses is causing millions of Americans go untreated because of misconceptions and shame. UCSF researchers are among those who are pushing for changes that would help to eliminate the stigma and get people the treatments they need.
Thursday, August 4, 2016
UC Berkeley engineers have built the first dust-sized, wireless sensors that can be implanted in the body.
Friday, August 5, 2016
Sunflowers not only pivot to face the sun as it moves across the sky during the day, but they also rotate 180 degrees during the night to greet the morning sun. UC Davis and UC Berkeley researchers have now discovered how they do it.
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Douglas fir trees are consistently sensitive to drought conditions, according to a study led by a UC Davis researcher.
Monday, August 15, 2016
A UC Davis plant pathologist may have discovered a possible solution to a fungal disease that threatens to wipe out bananas in less than a decade.
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
UC Santa Barbara researcher finds infants learn about food preferences — what’s good, what’s bad and who will eat what — in a social context.
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
A UC Irvine entomologist may have found a new way to kill bedbugs on luggage that doesn't involve chemicals.
Monday, August 15, 2016
Some of our treasured resources — animals, plants and fragile ecosystems — are under siege by rising temperatures, severe drought, insect infestation, hybrid competitors and human intrusion into nature. Here's what UCLA experts are doing about it.
Friday, July 29, 2016
A new Berkeley Lab study identifies two more carcinogens that were not previously reported in e-cigarette vapor.
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Students and faculty joined five-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker and alumnus Francis Ford Coppola in an experimental workshop involving a new kind of movie-making that's performed live and viewed by an audience in real time.
Monday, July 25, 2016
It turns out that microbes in our guts are determined in part by our evolutionary history, not just external factors like diet, medicine and geography, UC Berkeley researchers say.
Friday, July 22, 2016
3D-printed, Lego-like system developed at UC Riverside can be used by researchers, students and clinicians to build lab tools easily and affordably. ...
Thursday, July 21, 2016
Berkeley Lab study assesses the employment impact of widespread conversion to solar-LED lighting in developing countries.
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
UC Riverside researchers find shed skins of bed bugs emit pheromones that could help combat infestations of the insect.
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Researchers at UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley show how the virus travels from a pregnant woman to her fetus and identify a drug that may be able to block it.
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
International team, including UC Santa Cruz researchers, reports the biggest haul of new worlds yet uncovered by NASA's K2 mission, including many worlds that could potentially support life.
Monday, July 18, 2016
New homes at UC Davis's zero-net-energy community intended to attract and retain employees who are otherwise priced out of the local housing market.
Friday, July 15, 2016
A newly released study in which UC Davis played a key role reveals that social interactions and opportunities to engage with their surroundings may be more important to elephants’ welfare than space.
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
A new microscopic imaging system designed and built by UCSD researchers is revealing a never-before-seen view of the underwater world. ...
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
UC Irvine researcher Douglas Granger finds health and behavior secrets inside human and animal mouths.
Monday, July 11, 2016
Spurred by three decades of momentum and fresh funding, UCSF scientists mount a major effort to finally defeat AIDS.
Friday, July 8, 2016
UC Santa Barbara scholar Alan Liu, who has worked to generate attention for the humanities outside of academia, has launched an international contest to help engage humanities students around the globe.
Thursday, July 7, 2016
UC Davis entomologists and engineers team up to solve this tricky puzzle, as they seek to understand how bumblebees respond to changes in the environment.
Wednesday, July 6, 2016
A UC Riverside study revealed that studying for the sake of learning is the norm among a group of 550 students.
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Researchers at UC Irvine have developed an approach that tackles most commonly used synthetic plastic.
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
UC Santa Barbara’s Bancroft Collection features a dazzling array of minerals and gem crystals.
Monday, June 27, 2016
Method developed by UCLA-led team offers new way to study how technology changes over time.
Thursday, June 23, 2016
UC Santa Cruz–affiliated professors and staff are boldly going where no one has gone before by taking Star Trek into the high-culture realm of arias and recitatives.
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
UCLA researchers' new method could be useful for analyzing snowpack in other mountains.
Monday, June 20, 2016
UCSF’s pioneering Child and Adolescent Gender Center is helping a growing number of families seeking advice – and, increasingly, medical intervention – to help a son or daughter’s physiology match their gender identity.
Thursday, June 16, 2016
Berkeley Lab-assembled ‘ProtoDESI’ to serve as a model for planned array of 5,000 robots wielding fiber-optic cables.
Thursday, June 16, 2016
Friday, June 10, 2016
Global warming is likely to force some populations to relocate hundreds of miles from their current homes this century, according to research by UC Berkeley and Columbia University professors.
Thursday, June 9, 2016
A new method developed by UCLA scientists could improve the accuracy of doctors' predictions, using biomedical big data to achieve precision medicine.
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
A new study by a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and UC Berkeley research team is further burnishing copper’s reputation as an essential nutrient for human physiology. ...
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
What happens when teenagers see their photos get a lot of likes? UCLA researchers studied 32 teenagers to find out.
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Thanks to a transparent solar panel developed at UC Santa Cruz, greenhouses are enjoying a new moment in the sun.
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
UC Berkeley researchers find different negative health outcomes, whether you raise your voice or keep a stiff upper lip.
Friday, May 27, 2016
Neuroscience study from UC San Diego identifies brain chemicals and neural pathway involved in switching between habitual behavior and deliberate decision-making.
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
The Chem-Phys patch, developed at UC San Diego, monitors both biochemical and electric signals in the human body at the same time — a first.
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Did someone spoil the next episode of "Game of Thrones"? They might have done you a favor.
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
What if checking the state of your arterial health were as simple as monitoring your blood pressure? New Berkeley Lab technology could soon make detecting the process of plaque buildup a routine part of a visit to the doctor and, perhaps, home healthcare settings.
Friday, May 20, 2016
A UC Irvine writer looks back at how the Walkman changed the world – and uncovers lessons about the fear of technology.
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
A UC Berkeley psychologist sheds some light on the power and influence that each of us wields, and how it affects our behavior.
Thursday, May 12, 2016
UC's Nutritional Policy Institute is part of an alliance that is striving to make drinking water the easy, appealing substitute for sugary beverages in an effort to combat diabetes and pre-diabetes.
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
UC Berkeley researchers tracked 22 foraging fox squirrels on campus to better understand the tell-tail signs of frustration.
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
What can we do about climate change? UC San Diego researchers show in a new study that the way you frame the issue in a discussion matters.
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
A nearly two-decade analysis by researchers from UCLA and Denmark shows that the "treatment as prevention" approach could be effective in wiping out the disease.
Thursday, May 5, 2016
An international team of astronomers, including UC San Diego astrophysicists, has discovered three Earth-sized planets orbiting near the “habitable zone” of an ultracool dwarf star.
Thursday, May 5, 2016
Research conducted in part by Berkeley Lab scientists shows a surprising link between rain and airborne particles.
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
A team of researchers, including UC Riverside professor Rebekah Richert, found that children are more likely to learn from educational television if they believe the character in the program is knowledgeable.
Monday, May 2, 2016
Politics and media experts from UCLA and Vanderbilt University will provide a data-backed understanding of commercials’ persuasiveness and effectiveness with SpotCheck, a new approach to rating political ads.
Thursday, April 28, 2016
Before you place any bets on the next NBA playoff games, take a look at UC Merced professor Harish Bhat’s Twitter account.
Thursday, April 28, 2016
What if a map of the brain could help us decode people’s inner thoughts? UC Berkeley scientists have built a “semantic atlas” that shows in vivid colors and multiple dimensions how the human brain organizes language.
Monday, April 25, 2016
Fructose can alter hundreds of your brain genes, which can lead to diseases like Alzheimer's. But UCLA experts say it's not all bad news. There is a way to reverse the damage.
Friday, April 22, 2016
A team of researchers, including Greg Niemeyer, director of the Berkeley Center for New Media, has recreated the sound of the biggest bell in the world, a bell that has never been rung.
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Nanowire-based battery material can be recharged hundreds of thousands of times, moving us closer to a battery that would never require replacement.
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
UC Merced has been chosen to house the newly formed Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Safety.
Friday, April 15, 2016
Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have a prescription for cutting your home's energy use.
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Across the United States, online vendors of e-liquids are failing to take proper precautions in preventing sales to minors, according to a study by the UC Irvine and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Researchers at UC Berkeley and Carnegie Mellon University have taken a fresh look at words for snow, taking on an urban legend referred to by some as “the great Eskimo vocabulary hoax.”...
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
UCLA and UCSF have joined forces with four of the nation’s other leading cancer centers and The Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy to maximize the potential of cancer immunotherapy research. ...
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Hearing other people laugh together, even for just one second, can be enough information to gauge whether or not those people are friends, according to a UCLA study.
Monday, April 11, 2016
Founded through a partnership between the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program and the Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida, the Million Cat Challenge is halfway to its goal of saving the lives of 1 million cats in five years. ...
Friday, April 8, 2016
Consortium including UC San Diego aims to transform current understanding of the human immune system and expedite development of vaccines and biologics to prevent and treat many global diseases.
Friday, April 8, 2016
Researchers from UC Berkeley and Stanford University report that door-to-door canvassing by volunteers — both transgender and not — reduced voters’ prejudice against transgender people.
Thursday, April 7, 2016
Recent UC San Diego hires find experienced mentors, online programs, faculty 'boot camp' and other resources to ensure success.
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
U.S. election fever is running hotter than ever, and each side is selling a vision of a happier, brighter future. Researchers at UC Irvine have been examining whether one ideology or another is more likely to make people happy, and whether that should translate into how people vote.
Monday, April 4, 2016
Results from the study conducted by UC San Diego Health researchers show people in activity-friendly neighborhoods get up to 90 more minutes of exercise weekly.
Thursday, March 31, 2016
UC San Diego researchers are teaming up with experts at the University of Rome La Sapienza to study a group of 300 citizens, all over 100 years old, living in a remote village on Italy's coast.
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Rights-based approaches could double fish biomass and make 77 percent of world’s fisheries biologically healthy within a decade, say UC Santa Barbara researchers.
Monday, March 28, 2016
NASA's New Horizons mission, which features UC Santa Cruz researchers, reveals active glaciers of frozen nitrogen feeding into a vast basin, huge mountains of ice and possible evidence of a subsurface ocean.
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Our brains put us in the shoes of athletes as they compete and also help us form communities with other fans, says Marco Iacoboni, professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Photo: Scott McIntyre/Naples Daily News via AP...
Monday, March 21, 2016
Scientists at UC's division of Agriculture and Natural Resources have developed 20 simple questions about family eating habits that can help health professionals predict the likelihood that young children will become overweight or obese in the future.
Monday, March 21, 2016
Berkeley Lab's nanoscience user facility has served thousands of scientists from all over the world over the last decade. View a timeline of the facility’s most notable scientific achievements.
Monday, March 21, 2016
In honor of Women's History Month this March, three Berkeley Lab women employees reflect on the expectations, challenges and support that helped shape their career paths. Learn more about them and their efforts to encourage more women to pursue science and public service in this story.
Friday, March 18, 2016
A team of biologists has found the switch that triggers the power kick sperm use to penetrate and fertilize a human egg, which could be used to better understand male infertility and also to develop a new contraceptive. ...
Friday, March 18, 2016
A UC Riverside analysis found that from 2007 to 2012, the number of women-owned businesses grew 27 percent in California, compared to the 5 percent growth rate of ‘all businesses' in the state. Read more about the analysis and its findings.
Friday, March 18, 2016
The fishing industry is a far greater contributor to climate change than previously thought in part due to its use of diesel fuel, which emits carbon dioxide that persists in the atmosphere for hundreds of years, a UC Merced study shows.
Thursday, March 17, 2016
UCLA researchers are developing a new building material that could transform polluting emissions into a valuable resource.
Monday, March 14, 2016
Up to 30 percent of people with prediabetes will develop type 2 diabetes within five years, and as many as 70 percent of them will develop the disease in their lifetime, a UCLA study shows.
Monday, March 14, 2016
The new approach, developed by researchers at the UC San Diego School of Medicine, may have broad therapeutic implications on tissue and organ repair.
Friday, March 11, 2016
New Arts + Design Initiative launched at Berkeley emphasizes the key role creativity plays in higher education.
Thursday, March 10, 2016
New program seeks to ensure the success of black students, faculty and staff at the campus.
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Even a short break from certain kinds of makeup, shampoos and lotions can lead to a significant drop in levels of hormone-disrupting chemicals in the body, according to a new study led by researchers at UC Berkeley.
Monday, March 7, 2016
A preventable ‘revolving door of re-hospitalizations’ puts hospitals at risk of penalties, according to a new study from UCSF.
Monday, March 7, 2016
Male friendships could have healthful effects similar to those seen in romantic relationships, according to new research from UC Berkeley.
Friday, March 4, 2016
UC Santa Cruz astronomer Garth Illingworth and his collaborators have been pushing the limits of current telescopes to study the most distant galaxies, breaking the record twice within a year.
Thursday, March 3, 2016
You think you're being green by buying a hybrid car, but are you? Two UC Santa Barbara researchers explore this question and suggest there's no such thing as a green product.
Thursday, March 3, 2016
Quality mentorships is one of eight key recommendations in a new UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation report about strategies for increasing diversity and retaining women in high-tech careers.
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
UC Riverside researchers may have found an effective and environmentally friendly alternative to insecticides that successfully reduced ant activity by 74 percent in their studies.
Monday, February 29, 2016
The team has identified a genetic activation common to one-fifth of melanoma patients and demonstrated that a drug known to inhibit that gene could help suppress tumor generation.
Friday, February 26, 2016
Thursday, February 25, 2016
UC Irvine mouse study finds dramatic increase in brain plaques when key cells are lacking.
Thursday, February 25, 2016
Experiments by UC Santa Barbara researchers show shame allows humans to anticipate social devaluation and adjust intensity of shame proportionately.
Friday, February 19, 2016
A UCLA scientist discusses the increasing importance of citizen science and what kind of "natural weirdness" people should be on the look out for.
Friday, February 12, 2016
Researchers compared six ethnic and racial groups within the same geographic population in a joint UCSF-Kaiser Permanente study, and found significant variation in dementia incidence among them. Read about which group has the highest and lowest risk.
Friday, February 12, 2016
UC Santa Barbara director of sex and gender research looks at eighth grade boys' and girls' aspirations in different countries as she attempts to better understand the disparity.
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
The robot being developed at UC Berkeley could assist search-and-rescue efforts in rubble resulting from tornados, earthquakes and explosions.
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
“The question of creative license versus historical accuracy dates all the way back to the silent era,” said Joshua Moss, a visiting assistant professor of film and media studies at UC Santa Barbara.
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Researchers now have a better understanding of how the brain triggers sighing, which is vital to lung function. The discovery could help patients with breathing disorders.
Monday, February 8, 2016
“When you get less sleep, you’re more prone to distraction,” said lead researcher Gloria Mark, a UC Irvine informatics professor.
Thursday, February 4, 2016
A new organization at UC Merced brings together professors, staff members, students and postdoctoral researchers to work towards closing the gender gap by engaging, supporting and mentoring women in fields traditionally dominated by men.
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
A new type of underwater adhesive being developed at UC Santa Barbara was inspired by the super sticky sandcastle worm.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Companies advertise BPA-free plastic as a safer version of products ranging from water bottles to sippy cups to toys. But new research from UCLA Health finds that BPA alternatives do not necessarily make products safer.
Friday, January 29, 2016
A new study by a UC Riverside psychology professor has found that increasing your attention comes from using newly acquired knowledge of individual items to group them into categories.
Friday, January 29, 2016
UCLA geochemists helped recreate the massive crash, which occurred 4.5 billion years ago.
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Sweat provides a wealth of information about our bodies and health. UC Berkeley engineers have developed wearable sensors to monitor what your sweat says about you. ...
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Sensors, scanners and surveillance cameras have been installed at one UC Irvine building as part of grant-funded study to test the limits of individual privacy in our data-rich, networked world.
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
The robot, which was formerly used in a car assembly plant in Detroit, is able to simulate the extreme forces athletes' joints endure to help shed light on how to repair knees when they're injured.
Thursday, January 21, 2016
UC Irvine anthropologist Bill Maurer shares a trove of fun facts about money.
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
You might think that the recent storms could end the drought and set California back on track, but like all things climate-related, it’s complicated and hard to predict. A UC Berkeley geologist answers some common questions about the drought and El Niño.
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Electronic cigarettes are widely promoted and used to help smokers quit traditional cigarettes, but a new analysis from UCSF found that adult smokers who use e-cigarettes are actually 28 percent less likely to stop smoking.
Friday, January 15, 2016
UC Davis scientists have identified an enzyme that may play a key role in the insect-transmitted bacterial infection of grapevines with Pierce’s disease, which costs the state's grape and wine industries more than $100 million a year.
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
UCLA researchers analyzed the genome sequences of 19 wolves; 25 wild dogs from 10 different countries; and 46 domesticated dogs from 34 different breeds on this infrequently-studied topic.
Monday, January 11, 2016
The multi-center study led by UCSF researchers included patients as young as 1 year old and up to age 30, all of whom had intractable epilepsies resistant to many or all antiepileptic treatments.
Monday, January 11, 2016
About one in 45 Americans is projected to have Alzheimer's by the middle of this century, a UCLA professor has found. But recent developments in treatment and prevention offer room for optimism.
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Living in poverty can have a devastating effect on health. UCSF is actively developing programs and studies to help circumvent the toxic effects of economic disparity.
Thursday, January 7, 2016
UC San Diego's IdeaWave crowdsourcing platform sparks new ideas and campus collaboration.
Wednesday, January 6, 2016
A study by UC Irvine researchers shows that erratic maternal care of infants can lead to adolescent depression.
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
UC Irvine anthropologist Tom Boellstorff explores how people with disabilities make use of online environments.
Monday, December 21, 2015
While Dungeness crab captured headlines, record levels of the neurotoxin domoic acid were found in a range of species, and the toxin showed up in new places.
Thursday, December 17, 2015
The warm El Niño conditions affecting weather around the Pacific Ocean are also affecting conditions in space, according to UC Berkeley scientists.
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
UCSF study finds that despite federal efforts, clinical studies still miss nearly 40 percent of U.S. population.