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research, ecosystems, island fox, beach hoppers

A Beachy Buffet

Climate, UC Santa Barbara
Research, Climate, Environment, Ecology

NRS establishes research compact with Chilean university reserves

Climate, Science + Environment
society, politics, violence, global policy

How Do Civil Wars Happen?

UC San Diego

Biologists Pinpoint Key Factor in Immune System Response to Viral Infection

COVID, UC San Diego
science, technology, research, nanotechnology, engineering, bioengineering

New way to make microparticles could accelerate drug development, production of new cell strains

Engineering + Technology, UC Los Angeles
public health, drinking water, environment

Nearly 400,000 Californians May Lack Access to Safe Drinking Water, Study Finds

Health + Behavior, UC Los Angeles
Nation, World, Society.

Dying in the desert: How U.S. border policies contribute to migrant mortality

Health + Behavior, UC Los Angeles

AI-POWERED PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM HELPS LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE

Health + Behavior, UC San Diego
Covid Research

UC San Diego Data Science Undergrads Help Keep K-12 Students COVID-Safe

COVID, UC San Diego
chemistry, research, cancer, health

Too many firefighters are dying of cancer. UCLA’s Derek Urwin aims to change that

Health + Behavior, UC Los Angeles

Survey Finds Bipartisan Support for Major Reform to California’s Recall Process

UC San Diego
Smoking vs Vaping

UC San Diego Study: E-cigarettes Don’t Help Smokers Stay Off Cigarettes

Health + Behavior, UC San Diego
Health and Medicine, Research,

Cat Bacteria Treats Mouse Skin Infection, May Help You and Your Pets As Well

Science + Environment, UC San Diego
Cancer DNA Research

Looking Beyond DNA to See Cancer with New Clarity

Science + Environment, UC San Diego

UC SAN DIEGO WORKS TO MITIGATE POSSIBLE OIL IMPACTS FROM SPILL OFF HUNTINGTON BEACH

UC San Diego
Biology, Research

Scientists assemble a biological clock in a test tube to study how it works

Science + Environment, UC Santa Cruz
Elections Voting

How to Double Voter Turnout and Increase Representation during Local Elections

Health + Behavior, UC San Diego
technology, engineering

This Technology Could Bring the Fastest Version of 5G to Your Home and Workplace

Engineering + Technology, UC San Diego

UC San Diego Partners with County on Framework to Guide Decarbonization of Regional Economy

Climate, UC San Diego

How Adolescents Used Drugs During the COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID, Health + Behavior, UC San Diego
Science Genetics

New Technology Designed to Genetically Control Disease-spreading Mosquitoes

Science + Environment, UC San Diego
Aeresol, Covid Science

It’s Not Just SARS-CoV-2: Most Respiratory Viruses Spread by Aerosols

COVID, UC San Diego
Climate Change, ecology and environment

How much wildfire smoke is infiltrating our homes?

Climate, UC Berkeley
Fire and the foothills

Fire and the foothills: reducing wildfire threats while boosting biodiversity

Climate
Biological Sciences

UC San Diego Researchers Discover Key Mechanisms behind Synapse Degeneration in Alzheimer’s Brain

Science + Environment, UC San Diego

Ultrasound Remotely Triggers Immune Cells to Attack Tumors in Mice Without Toxic Side Effects

Science + Environment, UC San Diego
health, nicotine,

Graphic Warning Labels on Cigarette Packaging Changes Perceptions

Health + Behavior, UC San Diego
monkey vaccine

Rethinking Remdesivir

COVID, UC San Diego

Obesity and Cardiovascular Factors Combine to Cause Cognitive Decline in Latinos

Health + Behavior, UC San Diego
Health, Industrial Engineering, Research

Using machine learning to detect early-stage cancers

Engineering + Technology, UC Berkeley
Health, Behavior, Science Research

Scientists develop brain organoids with complex neural activity

Health + Behavior, UC Los Angeles
Biological Sciences, Insecticides

Study shows common insecticide is harmful in any amount

Science + Environment, UC Riverside

Artificial Intelligence Could Be New Blueprint for Precision Drug Discovery

Health + Behavior, UC San Diego
Diversity Inclusion, Culture,

Powerful People are Less Likely to be Understanding When Mistakes are Made

Arts + Culture, UC San Diego
research, Climate, minorities

Poor and Minority Communities Suffer More from Extreme Heat in U.S. Cities

Climate, UC San Diego
health, medicine, infectious diseases

3D “Assembloid” Shows How SARS-CoV-2 Infects Brain Cells

Health + Behavior, UC San Diego
research, heart health

Soft Skin Patch Could Provide Early Warning for Strokes, Heart Attacks

Health + Behavior, UC San Diego
Engineering, environment, climate

Engineering Professor Awarded NASA Grant to Study Impacts of Wildfires on California’s Coastline

Climate, UC Merced
Smokers Light Up More Cigarettes

Smokers Light Up More Cigarettes Following California COVID-19 Lockdown Order, Study Finds

Health + Behavior, UC Merced
Science and Climate, Environment, Ecology

Lichens Slow to Return After Wildfire

Science + Environment, UC Davis
climate change, environment, law, students, wildfires, California, public policy, research

Law students’ research helps shape California wildfires bill

Climate, UC Los Angeles
Aerosol, Greenhouse Gases, Air Pollution,

If Countries Implement Paris Pledges with Cuts to Aerosols, Millions of Lives can be Saved

Climate, UC San Diego
wildfire smoke more harmful

Missing the middle: the importance of regional-scale field research

Climate, Science + Environment
cool roofs, Energy Technologies

‘Cool Walls’ Get a Boost from U.S. Green Building Council

Berkeley Lab, Engineering + Technology
students, dental heath, diversity, Los Angeles, race and ethnicity

Embracing diversity – one dental student at a time

Health + Behavior, UC Los Angeles
Science, Technology, Sensory Processing Sensitivity,

The Sensitive Brain at Rest

Engineering + Technology, Science + Environment, UC Santa Barbara
Arts, Science,

National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences elect 36 new UC members

Arts + Culture, UC Los Angeles
Ayad Akhtar, campus events, leadership, literature

Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar to speak at UCLA’s Luskin Lecture for Thought Leadership, May 13

Health + Behavior, UC Los Angeles
Cancer, Dermatology, Environmental Sciences, Pollution

First of Its Kind Study Links Wildfire Smoke to Skin Disease

Science + Environment, UC San Francisco
Climate Change, Energy, Politics and Policy, Environment

Carbon sequestration: a critical but less-understood piece of the climate puzzle

Climate, UC Los Angeles
Ayana Omilade Flewellen UC Riverside Black Archaeologists

Monuments that matter

Science + Environment, UC Riverside
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

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