A swirl of yellow-red light against a black background
UCLA |

Dark matter could have helped make supermassive black holes in the early universe

Radiation from dark matter may have kept hydrogen gas hot enough to condense into black holes.
Pedestrians walking down a street, where the human figures are abstracted into red, yellow and green colors like a heat map
UC Santa Barbara |

Mosquitoes sense infrared from body heat to help track humans down

It’s not quite heat vision, but mosquitoes do use thermal infrared to find human hosts.
Hands holding up three emojis: a neutral face, a sad face and a happy face
UC Berkeley |

Stop worrying about being happy

New psychology research suggests worrying about being happy makes people unhappy.
A cattle dog looks on at distant cows
UC Newsroom |

UC study addresses the nexus of the housing crisis, climate change, and habitat loss

Researchers funded by a California Climate Action Seed and Matching Grant are examining how the urban housing crisis drives development to natural areas.
A woman singing into an air microphone
UC Santa Cruz |

Singing from memory unlocks a surprisingly common musical superpower

Go ahead and sing in the shower — you might just have perfect pitch.
Artist's rendering of a pack of woolly mammoths walking across a scrubby landscape with mountains in the background
UC Berkeley |

To kill mammoths in the Ice Age, people used planted pikes, not throwing spears, researchers say

UC Berkeley archeologists say the findings might help resolve the debate about Clovis points and reshape how we think about hunting some 13,000 years ago.
Two women sit on a couch drinking tea with a snack tray between them. The woman on the right is speaking and the woman on the left is listening.
UCLA |

Venting your frustrations can make friends like you better — if you do it right

Psychologists at UCLA find it isn’t cathartic but can strengthen bonds that might pay off in the future.
A view of the Mars lander on Mars, taken by itself as a selfie
UC San Diego |

Presence of liquid water most probable explanation for data collected by Mars lander

Researchers infer that stores of water must exist in planet’s crust.
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UCLA |

Molecule restores cognition and memory in Alzheimer’s disease mouse study

A molecule identified and synthesized by UCLA Health researchers has the potential to revitalize memory and cognition for several conditions, including Alzheimer’s disease and depression.
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UC Natural Reserve System |

Improving predictions of plant species survival with the California poppy

Professors Elsa Cleland of UC San Diego and Jason Sexton of UC Merced will quantify genetic diversity using seeds collected from widespread wild populations, and monitor the fates of those populations in the wild.
A man in profile looks through binoculars while standing in a field
UC Santa Barbara |

Outsourcing conservation in Africa

Management of many of the continent's protected areas is being transferred from governments to nonprofit NGOs. Research from UC Santa Barbara delves into the problems that's causing for residents and the environment.
Woman cleans a handful of pine needles from her gutter
UC Newsroom |

You can’t stop wildfire, but you can take steps to fireproof your home

Practical tips informed by cutting-edge research from UC Cooperative Extension foresters.
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