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UC Newsroom |

UC wins 5 Nobel Prizes in 3 days — and sets a new world record

These discoveries span decades and disciplines, but they all have one important thing in common: They’ve all relied on competitive funding from the federal government.

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After service, new purpose: UC’s student veterans find their next mission

Across the University of California’s 10 campuses, military-connected students bring a sense of discipline, purpose and camaraderie that shapes how they learn and lead at UC.

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UC Santa Barbara |

Vast collection of historic American music released via UC Santa Barbara Library partnership with Dust-to-Digital Foundation

Thousands of songs representing some of the rarest and most uniquely American music borne from the Jazz Age and the Great Depression would have likely been lost to landfills and faded from memory.
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UC Davis |

An extreme tree hunt in the Sierra Nevada

What a bird, a pine tree and a 240-mile trek with UC Davis scientists reveal about climate change.
A mother sperm whale and 2 calves swim close to the surface in a brilliant blue sea
UC Berkeley |

UC Berkeley and Project CETI study shows sperm whales communicate in ways similar to humans

Scientists have spent the last five years observing sperm whale communication and behaviors using tags, buoys and drones. They’ve finally begun to learn how whales use calls for communication.
A laboratory setup with multiple bright green laser beams projected across an optical table lined with mirrors and instruments, illuminated by purple and blue ambient light, showing advanced experimental physics equipment.
UC Newsroom |

UC awards $8 million to solve next big scientific and engineering challenges in fusion energy

Two teams of UC researchers aim to accelerate progress toward abundant, stable, zero-carbon fusion energy.
Joan Weill, left, stands next to President Milliken, who is next to Sanford I. Weill, both Weills holding their gold medals
UC Newsroom |

UC President James B. Milliken awards UC Presidential Medal to Joan and Sanford I. Weill

UC President James B. Milliken has awarded the university’s highest honor to Joan and Sanford I. Weill in recognition of their years of extraordinary service and transformative support across the arts and sciences.
A woman in a U.S. Army uniform sitting in a lecture hall full of students
UC Newsroom |

After service, new purpose: UC’s student veterans find their next mission

Across the University of California’s 10 campuses, military-connected students bring a sense of discipline, purpose and camaraderie that shapes how they learn and lead at UC.
A pre-teen with long hair sits listening in a lecture hall
UC Riverside |

Eleven-year-old studies computer science at UC Riverside

When Alisa Perales was a year old she began learning her ABC’s and 123’s. Now at 11 years old, she’s solving advanced mathematical proofs as a computer science major at UC Riverside.
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UC Santa Barbara |

Afraid of aging? Think of it as evolutionary success

By redefining aging as an evolutionary achievement, Michael Gurven challenges a youth-obsessed culture to see the later decades of life as vital to our collective survival.
A man wearing a ballcap stands in the Sierras on a beautiful day
UC San Francisco |

‘Every time I relapsed, there would be a new course of therapy’

He was told cancer would kill him in two to four years. Fourteen years later, he credits a series of medications and treatments funded by the National Institutes of Health.
A lumpy brown and pink octopus on the seafloor
UC San Diego |

Scientists produce powerhouse pigment behind octopus camouflage

UC San Diego-led team discovers new method for producing large amounts of color-changing, nature-inspired pigment in the lab.
Two satellites orbit Mars
UC Berkeley |

NASA’s ESCAPADE mission to Mars — twin UC Berkeley satellites dubbed Blue and Gold — will launch in early November

NASA's first multiple-satellite mission to another planet will map Mars' magnetic field and atmosphere in 3D, laying the groundwork for human exploration.
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UC San Diego |

Step inside the (not-so-haunted) House of Curiosity

This Halloween, take a walk through the shadowy corners of research and discovery: where viruses hunt bacteria, dragonfish hide their teeth, seabirds spiral through the skies and telescopes scan the dark for alien light.