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UC Merced |

20 years in, UC Merced celebrates achievements, looks to future

In just two decades, UC Merced has grown into a recognized leader in conducting academic research, developing young minds for career success and driving economic growth.
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How one baseball game made laser surgery possible

Surgeons had tried ice cubes, cold water and even chilled metal plates to cool the skin’s superficial layer before laser exposure, but none worked. Then a UC Irvine researcher had an idea.
UC Davis |

Federal contract for up to $40 million fuels research to revolutionize clean indoor air and defend against next pandemic

UC Davis researchers will develop sensor systems that can act as a "smoke alarm" for indoor air contaminants such as allergens, viruses or mold spores.
UCLA |

UCLA scientists develop one-product-fits-all immunotherapy for breast cancer

The same cell product could potentially be used to treat multiple solid tumors like ovarian, pancreatic and lung cancers.
UC Newsroom |

UC faculty and alums behind 13 of TIME's Best Inventions of 2025

Lab-grown seafood, a new treatment for Parkinson's disease and a kid-safe power saw are among the genius ideas from UC inventors honored by TIME magazine in 2025.
UC Davis |

Engineers, neurosurgeons help restore autonomy for people with paralysis

In a world first, a team of engineers, neuroscientists and neurosurgeons at UC Davis and UC Davis Health has demonstrated that brain-computer interfaces, or BCIs, for translating brain signals into speech can also enable control of a computer cursor.
UC Newsroom |

7 UC faculty and alumni awarded MacArthur ‘genius grants’

Since 2020, UC alumni and faculty have accounted for nearly 1 in 4 recipients of the prestigious fellowship from the MacArthur Foundation, which provides an $800,000, no-strings-attached grant to support the winner’s interests.
UC Santa Cruz |

At the crossroads of language and AI

As technology advances in English, a UC Santa Cruz professor is making sure Indigenous languages don’t get left behind.
UC San Francisco |

Why does female fertility decline so fast? The key is the ovary

With a new imaging technique, UC San Francisco scientists discover an ecosystem that determines how eggs mature and ovaries age.
UCLA |

Gene therapy delivers lasting immune protection in children with rare disorder

Long-term follow-up shows 95% success rate, no serious complications in largest ADA-SCID gene therapy study to date
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.
UC Santa Cruz |

Protecting NASA funding ensures breakthroughs in space science and benefits in daily life continue

From GPS to innovations in computing and optics, technologies developed for space research at UC Santa Cruz touch nearly every aspect of modern life.