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UC Berkeley |

UC Berkeley alumnus Gary Ruvkun shares 2024 Nobel Prize for discovering microRNA

Ruvkun obtained his B.A. in biophysics from UC Berkeley in 1973.

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Doudna reacts with surprise to her win
UC Berkeley |

Jennifer Doudna wins 2020 Nobel Prize in chemistry

Jennifer Doudna, UC Berkeley and UCSF professor and Berkeley Lab faculty scientist, shares the prize with Emmanuelle Charpentier for their discovery of CRISPR-Cas9 as a tool for making targeted changes to the genome.
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UCLA |

Is it the flu, a cold or COVID-19?

Infectious disease specialists share how to tell the difference.
Andrea Ghez
UCLA and UC Berkeley |

UCLA and UC Berkeley faculty share the 2020 Nobel Prize in physics

Andrea Ghez and Reinhard Genzel will share half the 2020 Nobel in physics for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the center of our galaxy.
Charles Rice at desk
UC Davis |

UC Davis alum Charles Rice wins Nobel Prize

Now professor at The Rockefeller University, he shared the 2020 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus.
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UC Newsroom |

Apply now for UC’s Startup Innovation Challenge

Winners will take home a $50K cash prize and get to network with industry leaders.
UC San Diego students at a 2018 voter registration drive.
UC Newsroom |

Tips for tackling the November ballot

Find resources for learning about what's on the ballot.
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UC Davis |

Which type of face covering works best?

New UC Davis research compares surgical, N95 and homemade cloth masks.
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UC San Diego |

Liquid asset

UC San Diego’s surf team embraces the San Diego ethos of success: Do what you love, work hard, play hard.
An election like no other. Getting Californians ready to vote
UC Newsroom |

Your voting questions, answered

Don't miss this Oct. 5 event with UC election experts.
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UC Berkeley via The Conversation |

6 ways mail-in ballots are protected from fraud

The mail-in voting process has several built-in safeguards that make it hard to vote fraudulently.
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UCSF |

This diet is popular — but it doesn’t work

Research shows intermittent fasting is not effective on its own for weight loss.
SARS-CoV-2 infection (green, left) is inhibited by 25HC treatment (right)
UC San Diego |

Statins reduce COVID-19 severity, likely by removing cholesterol that virus uses to infect

Researchers discovered that cholesterol-lowering statins reduced risk of severe COVID-19 infection.