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Family Staff Retirement Survey

Survey shows UC retirees embrace volunteering, active retirement

Health + Behavior, UC Los Angeles
policy may still harm immigrants’ health

Now rescinded, Trump-era ‘public charge’ policy may still harm immigrants’ health

Health + Behavior, UC Los Angeles
structure of metallic glass

Century-old problem solved with first-ever 3D atomic imaging of an amorphous solid

Engineering + Technology, UC Los Angeles
seagrasses buffer seawater acidity

Seagrasses turn back the clock on ocean acidification

Science + Environment, UC Davis
plants major source of LA aerosols

With drop in LA’s vehicular aerosol pollution, plants emerge as major source

Science + Environment, UC Berkeley
Babies prefer baby talk, whether they’re learning one language or two

Babies prefer baby talk, whether they’re learning one language or two

Health + Behavior, UC Los Angeles
Earth's first animals

We’re surprisingly similar to Earth’s first animals, research says

Science + Environment, UC Riverside
predicting treatable MRSA infections

Study unravels antibiotic resistance in MRSA ‘superbug’ infections

Health + Behavior, UC Los Angeles
Beaufort Sea is freshening

Freshwater outflow from Beaufort Sea could alter global climate patterns

Engineering + Technology, Los Alamos National Laboratory
three-layer mask most effective against big droplets

Three-layered masks most effective against large respiratory droplets

COVID, Engineering + Technology, UC San Diego
optical antenna

Light unbound: Data limits could vanish with new optical antennas

Engineering + Technology, UC Berkeley
doubling antimatter production efficiency

Doubling creation of antimatter using same laser energy

Engineering + Technology, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
self-trained computer learning

‘Self-trained’ deep learning to improve disease diagnosis

Data Science, Engineering + Technology, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
COVID isolation increasing domestic violence

COVID-19 isolation linked to increased domestic violence

Arts + Culture, COVID, UC Davis
coronavirus evolution

Understanding the evolution of SARS and COVID-19 type viruses

COVID, Health + Behavior, UC Davis
COVID disrupted California migration patterns

A mass exodus from California? Not exactly

Arts + Culture, COVID, UC Berkeley
vaccinating oldest for COVID saves most lives

Prioritizing oldest for COVID-19 vaccines saves more lives, years of life

COVID, Health + Behavior, UC Berkeley
loss of variation within species

Loss of variation within species amounts to a hidden biodiversity crisis

Science + Environment, UC Santa Cruz
kelp canopy gone

Northern California kelp forest collapse will be hard to reverse

Climate, Science + Environment, UC Santa Cruz
climate and fire suppression increasing wildfires

Climate change and suppression tactics are critical factors in increasing fires

Climate, UC Merced
childhood diet could affect microbiome for life

Childhood diet has lifelong impact

Health + Behavior, UC Riverside
plants fight fungi with RNA vesicles

Protein discovery could help enable eco-friendly fungicides

Science + Environment, UC Riverside
wildfire smoke more harmful

Fine particulate matter from wildfire smoke more harmful than pollution from other sources

Health + Behavior, UC San Diego
robot scans sewage for COVID

Sewage-handling robots help predict COVID-19 outbreaks

COVID, Health + Behavior, UC San Diego
drug prevents amyloid plaque

Novel drug prevents amyloid plaques, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease

Health + Behavior, UC San Diego
marine reserves don't preserve kelp

Poking the paradigm

Science + Environment, UC Santa Barbara
fat storage switch

Is this one protein responsible for weight gain?

Health + Behavior, UC San Francisco
earliest primate ancestor

Our earliest primate ancestors rapidly spread after dinosaur extinction

Science + Environment, UC Berkeley
wildfires harm mental health

Poorer mental health smolders after deadly, devastating wildfire

Health + Behavior, UC San Diego
binary stars plentiful

Binary stars are all around us, new map of solar neighborhood shows

Science + Environment, UC Berkeley
pandemic burdens Latinx, Native Americans more

Latinx, Native Americans carry heavier pandemic burden, new poll reports

COVID, Health + Behavior, UC Berkeley
cough sounds reveal COVID

Computer analyses of cough sounds reveal infection by COVID

COVID, Data Science, Engineering + Technology, UC San Diego
drip pricing

Buyer beware: Massive experiment shows why ticket sellers hit you with last-second fees

Data Science, Health + Behavior, UC Berkeley
dogs can smell COVID-19

Dogs can sniff out cases of COVID-19

COVID, UC Santa Barbara
eDNA identifies fish

Genetic tool could improve monitoring of marine protected areas

Science + Environment, UC Los Angeles
mistletoes communicate about parasitism

Parasitic plants conspire to keep hosts alive

Science + Environment, UC Riverside
eavesdropping on cellular communications

Eavesdropping on cellular conversations

Engineering + Technology, Science + Environment, UC Irvine
radiation shielding polymer

Polymer film protects from electromagnetic radiation, signal interference

Engineering + Technology, UC Riverside
poor swelter with climate change

Poor swelter as urban areas of U.S. Southwest get hotter

Arts + Culture, UC Davis
migrating birds track climate

Migratory birds track climate across the year

Climate, Science + Environment, UC Davis
all-in-one skin patch

New skin patch brings us closer to wearable, all-in-one health monitor

Engineering + Technology, UC San Diego
social connection during COVID

Partners help us stay connected during pandemic

COVID, Health + Behavior, UC Riverside
colloidal quantum dot lasers

Colloidal quantum dot lasers poised to come of age

Engineering + Technology, Los Alamos National Laboratory
radioactive bone cement

Radioactive bone cement found to be safer in treating spinal tumors

Health + Behavior, UC Irvine
particle collision simulation

Applying quantum computing to a particle process

Berkeley Lab, Engineering + Technology
tumor treatment susceptibility test

New test predicts tumors most likely to respond to radiation, chemotherapy

Health + Behavior, UC San Francisco
oldest DNA sequence

Oldest DNA sequences reveal how mammoths evolved

Data Science, Science + Environment, UC Santa Cruz
climate change threatens turtles

Turtles face grim future from rising sea levels

Climate, Science + Environment, UC Los Angeles
organic wine

Evidence mounts that eco-friendly wine tastes better

Arts + Culture, UC Los Angeles
deepfakes

Deepfake detectors can be defeated, computer scientists show for the first time

Engineering + Technology, UC San Diego
marine noise pollution

Healthy oceans need healthy soundscapes, say marine scientists

Science + Environment, UC Santa Cruz
ocean hydrocarbon cycle

A surprising cycle

Science + Environment, UC Santa Barbara
shell currency

Chumash may have developed the first currency in the Americas

Arts + Culture, UC Santa Barbara
climate Rennett Stowe

UC Berkeley study shows effects of climate change on desert animals

Climate, Science + Environment, UC Berkeley

The Odd Structure of ORF8: Scientists Map the Coronavirus Protein Linked to Immune Evasion and Disease Severity

Health + Behavior, UC Berkeley

Breaking Bad: How Shattered Chromosomes Make Cancer Cells Drug-Resistant

Health + Behavior, UC San Diego

Surveys Identify Relationship between Waves, Coastal Cliff Erosion

Science + Environment, UC San Diego

Youth Using E-cigarettes Three Times as Likely to Become Daily Cigarette Smokers

Health + Behavior, UC San Diego

Making Masks Smarter and Safer Against COVID-19

COVID, Engineering + Technology, UC San Diego

UC awards $19M in grants to support groundbreaking research to benefit Californians

COVID, Health + Behavior
Younger Lagoon Natural Reserve

UC Santa Cruz offers virtual tours of Younger Lagoon Natural Reserve

Science + Environment, UC Santa Cruz

UCSF study: Masks protect wearer from coronavirus

COVID, Health + Behavior, UC San Francisco

New study reveals how fences hinder migratory wildlife in the West

Climate, Science + Environment, UC Berkeley
monkey vaccine

UC Davis researchers run COVID-19 childhood vaccine trials on infant primates

Health + Behavior, UC Davis

COVID-19 Symptoms Linger In ‘Long Haul’ Patients, Scientists Search For Answers

COVID, Health + Behavior, UC Davis

UC Riverside Life Sciences Incubator goes live

Health + Behavior, UC Riverside

Study: E-Cigarettes Trigger Inflammation in the Gut

Health + Behavior, Science + Environment, UC Los Angeles

UC Irvine first to study ‘pharmacy deserts’ in California

Health + Behavior, Science + Environment, UC Irvine

UCLA, where Korean is the hot language, goes beyond ‘dead white men’ in European studies

Arts + Culture, UC Los Angeles
Pipetting Lab

Cancer Metastasis is Target of New Research Initiative

Health + Behavior, Science + Environment, UC San Francisco

In shaky times, focus on past successes, if overly anxious, depressed

Health + Behavior, Science + Environment, UC Berkeley
Scientists at the University of California San Diego

UC San Diego Receives 7 DURIP Awards from Department of Defense

Science + Environment, UC San Diego

COVID Patterns

COVID, Health + Behavior, UC Santa Barbara

UC Davis 2nd for Social Mobility Among National Public Universities

Arts + Culture, UC Davis

UC plans $11.5 million conversion of coroner’s office

COVID, Engineering + Technology, Science + Environment, UC Los Angeles

New study reveals how fences hinder migratory wildlife in the West

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