UC Newsroom |

Renewable, clean hydrogen power is coming to California. Here’s what you need to know.

A UC-backed consortium secured $1.2 billion in federal funding to decarbonize California's economy through hydrogen fuel.
UC San Diego |

Laughter as Medicine: Celebrating Native American Heritage Month

UC San Diego is celebrating the rich traditions and important contributions of Native people during Native American Heritage Month, starting with a talk by “Reservation Dogs” writer and artist Ryan RedCorn.
UC Riverside |

Speaking in color: Plants transformed into detectors of dangerous chemicals

Scientists have engineered a way for a plant to show the presence of a banned pesticide in water without affecting its other functions.
UC San Diego |

Beyond UFOs: The future of Unexplained Anomalous Phenomena

Astrophysicist Shelley Wright discusses NASA and the search for intelligent life.
UC Newsroom |

Celebrating a record-setting investment in climate research for California

Climate scientists and state officials gathered in Sacramento last week to kick off a new round of research projects funded by a $185 million partnership between UC and the State of California.
UC Merced |

New project focuses on women of color in the geosciences throughout UC

A three-year grant will launch a network to provide community, belonging, access, advocacy and resources to overcome barriers to success.
UC Newsroom |

Three extraordinary UC faculty awarded National Medals at White House ceremony

They received the nation’s highest honor for their scientific and technological achievements.
UC San Francisco |

Could the neurons that make you scratch be the solution for your itch?

Scientists discover a role for the nervous system in keeping itch and allergy under control.
UC San Diego |

Nanoparticle vaccine could curb cancer metastasis to lungs by targeting a protein

Fashioned from bacterial viruses, these nanoparticles have been engineered to target a protein known to play a central role in cancer growth and spread.
UC Davis |

Why do men and women respond to stress differently? New research suggests answer is found in puberty

Women are nearly twice as likely as men to be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, but among boys and girls the likelihood is the same.
UC Berkeley |

Tests confirm humans tramped around North America more than 20,000 years ago

A new study coauthored by a UC Berkeley professor provides "seemingly incontrovertible proof" that humans arrived in the Americas thousands of years earlier than scientists have long thought.