News Archive A Beachy Buffet Climate, UC Santa Barbara NRS establishes research compact with Chilean university reserves Climate, Science + Environment How Do Civil Wars Happen? UC San Diego Biologists Pinpoint Key Factor in Immune System Response to Viral Infection COVID, UC San Diego New way to make microparticles could accelerate drug development, production of new cell strains Engineering + Technology, UC Los Angeles Nearly 400,000 Californians May Lack Access to Safe Drinking Water, Study Finds Health + Behavior, UC Los Angeles 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 UC San Diego Data Science Undergrads Help Keep K-12 Students COVID-Safe COVID, UC San Diego 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 UC San Diego Study: E-cigarettes Don’t Help Smokers Stay Off Cigarettes Health + Behavior, UC San Diego Cat Bacteria Treats Mouse Skin Infection, May Help You and Your Pets As Well Science + Environment, UC San Diego 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 Scientists assemble a biological clock in a test tube to study how it works Science + Environment, UC Santa Cruz How to Double Voter Turnout and Increase Representation during Local Elections Health + Behavior, UC San Diego 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 New Technology Designed to Genetically Control Disease-spreading Mosquitoes Science + Environment, UC San Diego It’s Not Just SARS-CoV-2: Most Respiratory Viruses Spread by Aerosols COVID, UC San Diego How much wildfire smoke is infiltrating our homes? Climate, UC Berkeley Fire and the foothills: reducing wildfire threats while boosting biodiversity Climate 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 Graphic Warning Labels on Cigarette Packaging Changes Perceptions Health + Behavior, UC San Diego Rethinking Remdesivir COVID, UC San Diego Obesity and Cardiovascular Factors Combine to Cause Cognitive Decline in Latinos Health + Behavior, UC San Diego Using machine learning to detect early-stage cancers Engineering + Technology, UC Berkeley Scientists develop brain organoids with complex neural activity Health + Behavior, UC Los Angeles 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 Powerful People are Less Likely to be Understanding When Mistakes are Made Arts + Culture, UC San Diego Poor and Minority Communities Suffer More from Extreme Heat in U.S. Cities Climate, UC San Diego 3D “Assembloid” Shows How SARS-CoV-2 Infects Brain Cells Health + Behavior, UC San Diego Soft Skin Patch Could Provide Early Warning for Strokes, Heart Attacks Health + Behavior, UC San Diego Engineering Professor Awarded NASA Grant to Study Impacts of Wildfires on California’s Coastline Climate, UC Merced Smokers Light Up More Cigarettes Following California COVID-19 Lockdown Order, Study Finds Health + Behavior, UC Merced Lichens Slow to Return After Wildfire Science + Environment, UC Davis Law students’ research helps shape California wildfires bill Climate, UC Los Angeles If Countries Implement Paris Pledges with Cuts to Aerosols, Millions of Lives can be Saved Climate, UC San Diego Missing the middle: the importance of regional-scale field research Climate, Science + Environment ‘Cool Walls’ Get a Boost from U.S. Green Building Council Berkeley Lab, Engineering + Technology Embracing diversity – one dental student at a time Health + Behavior, UC Los Angeles The Sensitive Brain at Rest Engineering + Technology, Science + Environment, UC Santa Barbara National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences elect 36 new UC members Arts + Culture, UC Los Angeles Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar to speak at UCLA’s Luskin Lecture for Thought Leadership, May 13 Health + Behavior, UC Los Angeles First of Its Kind Study Links Wildfire Smoke to Skin Disease Science + Environment, UC San Francisco Carbon sequestration: a critical but less-understood piece of the climate puzzle Climate, UC Los Angeles Monuments that matter Science + Environment, UC Riverside Survey shows UC retirees embrace volunteering, active retirement Health + Behavior, UC Los Angeles Now rescinded, Trump-era ‘public charge’ policy may still harm immigrants’ health Health + Behavior, UC Los Angeles Century-old problem solved with first-ever 3D atomic imaging of an amorphous solid Engineering + Technology, UC Los Angeles Seagrasses turn back the clock on ocean acidification Science + Environment, UC Davis 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 Health + Behavior, UC Los Angeles We’re surprisingly similar to Earth’s first animals, research says Science + Environment, UC Riverside Study unravels antibiotic resistance in MRSA ‘superbug’ infections Health + Behavior, UC Los Angeles Freshwater outflow from Beaufort Sea could alter global climate patterns Engineering + Technology, Los Alamos National Laboratory Three-layered masks most effective against large respiratory droplets COVID, Engineering + Technology, UC San Diego Light unbound: Data limits could vanish with new optical antennas Engineering + Technology, UC Berkeley Doubling creation of antimatter using same laser energy Engineering + Technology, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ‘Self-trained’ deep learning to improve disease diagnosis Data Science, Engineering + Technology, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory COVID-19 isolation linked to increased domestic violence Arts + Culture, COVID, UC Davis Understanding the evolution of SARS and COVID-19 type viruses COVID, Health + Behavior, UC Davis A mass exodus from California? Not exactly Arts + Culture, COVID, UC Berkeley Prioritizing oldest for COVID-19 vaccines saves more lives, years of life COVID, Health + Behavior, UC Berkeley Loss of variation within species amounts to a hidden biodiversity crisis Science + Environment, UC Santa Cruz Northern California kelp forest collapse will be hard to reverse Climate, Science + Environment, UC Santa Cruz Climate change and suppression tactics are critical factors in increasing fires Climate, UC Merced Childhood diet has lifelong impact Health + Behavior, UC Riverside Protein discovery could help enable eco-friendly fungicides Science + Environment, UC Riverside Fine particulate matter from wildfire smoke more harmful than pollution from other sources Health + Behavior, UC San Diego Sewage-handling robots help predict COVID-19 outbreaks COVID, Health + Behavior, UC San Diego Novel drug prevents amyloid plaques, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease Health + Behavior, UC San Diego Poking the paradigm Science + Environment, UC Santa Barbara Is this one protein responsible for weight gain? Health + Behavior, UC San Francisco Our earliest primate ancestors rapidly spread after dinosaur extinction Science + Environment, UC Berkeley Poorer mental health smolders after deadly, devastating wildfire Health + Behavior, UC San Diego Binary stars are all around us, new map of solar neighborhood shows Science + Environment, UC Berkeley Latinx, Native Americans carry heavier pandemic burden, new poll reports COVID, Health + Behavior, UC Berkeley Computer analyses of cough sounds reveal infection by COVID COVID, Data Science, Engineering + Technology, UC San Diego Buyer beware: Massive experiment shows why ticket sellers hit you with last-second fees Data Science, Health + Behavior, UC Berkeley Dogs can sniff out cases of COVID-19 COVID, UC Santa Barbara Genetic tool could improve monitoring of marine protected areas Science + Environment, UC Los Angeles Parasitic plants conspire to keep hosts alive Science + Environment, UC Riverside Eavesdropping on cellular conversations Engineering + Technology, Science + Environment, UC Irvine Polymer film protects from electromagnetic radiation, signal interference Engineering + Technology, UC Riverside Poor swelter as urban areas of U.S. Southwest get hotter Arts + Culture, UC Davis Migratory birds track climate across the year Climate, Science + Environment, UC Davis New skin patch brings us closer to wearable, all-in-one health monitor Engineering + Technology, UC San Diego Partners help us stay connected during pandemic COVID, Health + Behavior, UC Riverside Colloidal quantum dot lasers poised to come of age Engineering + Technology, Los Alamos National Laboratory Radioactive bone cement found to be safer in treating spinal tumors Health + Behavior, UC Irvine Applying quantum computing to a particle process Berkeley Lab, Engineering + Technology New test predicts tumors most likely to respond to radiation, chemotherapy Health + Behavior, UC San Francisco Oldest DNA sequences reveal how mammoths evolved Data Science, Science + Environment, UC Santa Cruz Turtles face grim future from rising sea levels Climate, Science + Environment, UC Los Angeles Evidence mounts that eco-friendly wine tastes better Arts + Culture, UC Los Angeles
New way to make microparticles could accelerate drug development, production of new cell strains Engineering + Technology, UC Los Angeles
Nearly 400,000 Californians May Lack Access to Safe Drinking Water, Study Finds Health + Behavior, UC Los Angeles
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
Too many firefighters are dying of cancer. UCLA’s Derek Urwin aims to change that Health + Behavior, UC Los Angeles
UC San Diego Study: E-cigarettes Don’t Help Smokers Stay Off Cigarettes Health + Behavior, UC San Diego
Cat Bacteria Treats Mouse Skin Infection, May Help You and Your Pets As Well Science + Environment, UC San Diego
Scientists assemble a biological clock in a test tube to study how it works Science + Environment, UC Santa Cruz
How to Double Voter Turnout and Increase Representation during Local Elections Health + Behavior, UC San Diego
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
New Technology Designed to Genetically Control Disease-spreading Mosquitoes Science + Environment, UC San Diego
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
Obesity and Cardiovascular Factors Combine to Cause Cognitive Decline in Latinos Health + Behavior, UC San Diego
Artificial Intelligence Could Be New Blueprint for Precision Drug Discovery Health + Behavior, UC San Diego
Powerful People are Less Likely to be Understanding When Mistakes are Made Arts + Culture, UC San Diego
Soft Skin Patch Could Provide Early Warning for Strokes, Heart Attacks Health + Behavior, UC San Diego
Engineering Professor Awarded NASA Grant to Study Impacts of Wildfires on California’s Coastline Climate, UC Merced
Smokers Light Up More Cigarettes Following California COVID-19 Lockdown Order, Study Finds Health + Behavior, UC Merced
If Countries Implement Paris Pledges with Cuts to Aerosols, Millions of Lives can be Saved Climate, UC San Diego
National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences elect 36 new UC members Arts + Culture, UC Los Angeles
Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar to speak at UCLA’s Luskin Lecture for Thought Leadership, May 13 Health + Behavior, UC Los Angeles
Carbon sequestration: a critical but less-understood piece of the climate puzzle Climate, UC Los Angeles
Now rescinded, Trump-era ‘public charge’ policy may still harm immigrants’ health Health + Behavior, UC Los Angeles
Century-old problem solved with first-ever 3D atomic imaging of an amorphous solid Engineering + Technology, UC Los Angeles
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 Health + Behavior, UC Los Angeles
We’re surprisingly similar to Earth’s first animals, research says Science + Environment, UC Riverside
Freshwater outflow from Beaufort Sea could alter global climate patterns Engineering + Technology, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Three-layered masks most effective against large respiratory droplets COVID, Engineering + Technology, UC San Diego
Light unbound: Data limits could vanish with new optical antennas Engineering + Technology, UC Berkeley
Doubling creation of antimatter using same laser energy Engineering + Technology, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
‘Self-trained’ deep learning to improve disease diagnosis Data Science, Engineering + Technology, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Prioritizing oldest for COVID-19 vaccines saves more lives, years of life COVID, Health + Behavior, UC Berkeley
Loss of variation within species amounts to a hidden biodiversity crisis Science + Environment, UC Santa Cruz
Northern California kelp forest collapse will be hard to reverse Climate, Science + Environment, UC Santa Cruz
Fine particulate matter from wildfire smoke more harmful than pollution from other sources Health + Behavior, UC San Diego
Novel drug prevents amyloid plaques, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease Health + Behavior, UC San Diego
Our earliest primate ancestors rapidly spread after dinosaur extinction Science + Environment, UC Berkeley
Binary stars are all around us, new map of solar neighborhood shows Science + Environment, UC Berkeley
Latinx, Native Americans carry heavier pandemic burden, new poll reports COVID, Health + Behavior, UC Berkeley
Computer analyses of cough sounds reveal infection by COVID COVID, Data Science, Engineering + Technology, UC San Diego
Buyer beware: Massive experiment shows why ticket sellers hit you with last-second fees Data Science, Health + Behavior, UC Berkeley
Genetic tool could improve monitoring of marine protected areas Science + Environment, UC Los Angeles
Polymer film protects from electromagnetic radiation, signal interference Engineering + Technology, UC Riverside
New skin patch brings us closer to wearable, all-in-one health monitor Engineering + Technology, UC San Diego
Colloidal quantum dot lasers poised to come of age Engineering + Technology, Los Alamos National Laboratory
New test predicts tumors most likely to respond to radiation, chemotherapy Health + Behavior, UC San Francisco