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UC Berkeley |

UC Berkeley’s Omar Yaghi shares 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry

Yaghi created a field called reticular chemistry, which involves stitching together molecular building blocks to form porous structures — metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) — with myriad applications.

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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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UC Berkeley |

Award-winning stories by UC Berkeley Investigative Reporting Program alums spur passage of two California laws on policing

California passes two laws to reform policing, due to stories developed at the UC Berkeley Investigative Reporting Program.
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UC San Francisco |

Fatty snacks in winter may trick the body into packing on the pounds

UCSF researchers found that unsaturated fat plays an important role in regulating circadian cycles, and that dietary changes may improve sleep and energy levels, and prevent chronic disease.
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UC Davis |

New species of spider discovered, just in time for Halloween

Climate change and habitat loss haunt the newly named trapdoor spider.
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UCLA |

Jordan Chiles talks balancing her senior year at UCLA and competing on ‘Dancing With the Stars’

Find out how UCLA senior and Bruin gymnast Jordan Chiles has been juggling books, the balance beam and the ballroom.
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UC Newsroom |

These founders started with an idea. A UC education helped them make it real.

Meet three UC alums who combined their own ambition and big ideas with a UC education and on-campus entrepreneurial resources to launch successful businesses.
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UC Newsroom |

Working on your UC application? Find resources and inspiration here

From tips for filling out the application to finding help with college costs, we’ve got resources that can help.
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UC Newsroom |

Shaping your personal narrative: PIQ tips and more from UC admissions experts

Applying to UC as a first-year student? We’ve got answers to some of the top questions students ask, including tips on how to think about the narrative sections of the application, like the Personal Insight Questions.