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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 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 Berkeley Bunge
UC Berkeley |

More education linked to better cognitive functioning later in life

Higher levels of education may help stave off age-related cognitive decline, researchers find.
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UCSF |

New clues for ending alcohol abuse

Blocking a protein in mice causes them to abandon 'problem drinking,' study finds.
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UC Riverside |

UC Riverside No. 2 systemwide for renewable energy

Giant solar panels will provide shade while generating electricity for the campus.
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UC Berkeley |

Emoji fans take heart: Scientists pinpoint 27 states of emotion

Enjoyable GIFs actually reveal the full range of the human heart.
UC Davis deer study
UC Davis |

What roadkill is costing California

Collisions with wildlife were up by 20 percent in 2016.
UC Santa Barbara tea
UC Santa Barbara |

How tea shaped the modern world

Historian traces tea’s journey across the globe as a commodity and a tool of the British Empire.
UC Irvine first-gen
UC Irvine |

... got the T-shirt

Professor (and alum) Glenda Flores wants her first-generation students to know that she’s been there and done that.
UC Davis carbs
UC Davis |

Eat fats, live longer?

Mouse study shows forgoing carbs increases longevity, strength.
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UC San Diego |

How love leads us by the nose, explained

Neuroscientists ID the roots of attraction.
UC Berkeley roommates
UC Berkeley |

A ‘fast friendship’ that took 16 years — and admission to Berkeley — to happen

Two freshmen realize they have a connection that goes back a generation.
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UC Irvine |

Seeing health in a cultural context

Belinda Campos' studies find the Latino approach to relationships reduces anxiety, among other benefits.
UCLA virtual reality memory
UCLA |

Fighting memory loss with virtual reality

As featured by Mashable, a UCLA neuroscientist opens the door into an entirely new realm of brain research.