News Archive 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UC Riverside Survey shows UC retirees embrace volunteering, active retirement Health + Behavior, UC Los Angeles Now rescinded, Trump-era ‘public charge’ policy may still harm immigrants’ health Health + Behavior, UC Los Angeles Century-old problem solved with first-ever 3D atomic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 Deepfake detectors can be defeated, computer scientists show for the first time Engineering + Technology, UC San Diego Healthy oceans need healthy soundscapes, say marine scientists Science + Environment, UC Santa Cruz A surprising cycle Science + Environment, UC Santa Barbara Chumash may have developed the first currency in the Americas Arts + Culture, UC Santa Barbara 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 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 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 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 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
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
Deepfake detectors can be defeated, computer scientists show for the first time Engineering + Technology, UC San Diego
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
UC awards $19M in grants to support groundbreaking research to benefit Californians COVID, Health + Behavior
UC Santa Cruz offers virtual tours of Younger Lagoon Natural Reserve Science + Environment, UC Santa Cruz
New study reveals how fences hinder migratory wildlife in the West Climate, Science + Environment, UC Berkeley
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
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
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
UC plans $11.5 million conversion of coroner’s office COVID, Engineering + Technology, Science + Environment, UC Los Angeles
