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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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Safiya Noble, wearing a cool black leather jacket, looks resolute in a waist-up portrait against a gray background
UC Newsroom |

How AI discriminates and what that means for your Google habit: A conversation with internet studies scholar Safiya Noble

The UCLA professor who put the study of algorithmic discrimination on the map turns her focus to our AI-powered future.
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UCLA |

Craving snacks after a meal? It might be food-seeking neurons, not an overactive appetite

A new study discovers cells that make mice pursue fatty foods even when they are not hungry.
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UC Newsroom |

Plans for water equity in a warming world

UC researchers are working to ensure water distribution priorities meet the needs of communities, imperiled species and the environment.
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UC San Diego |

Closing gender gaps in career advancement

Elizabeth Campbell, assistant professor of management at UC San Diego’s Rady School of Management, discusses the state of gender equity at work
Dr. Cindy Chang poses for a portrait in front of a set of exercise equipment. In the background is a framed Olympic flag.
UC San Francisco |

How Cindy Chang, M.D. rewrote the history of sports medicine

From overseeing the WNBA “wubble” during the COVID-19 pandemic to becoming the first female chief medical officer for Team USA, she’s been breaking glass ceilings for three decades.
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UC Newsroom |

Three fixes for AI's bias problem

UC researchers are ferreting out discrimination in the algorithms that are shaping our society, and helping build a future where computers do us less harm and more good.
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UC Newsroom |

Can’t stop worrying? Why video games help

There’s a reason why video games are so good at capturing our attention. Research from UC Riverside suggests that they can have major benefits for our mental health.
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UC Newsroom |

Got climate anxiety? This UC course can help.

The deadline to register for the new UC Climate Resilience course is March 29.
Banner from the American Association for the Advancement of Science showing three headshots of the following three people: Theresa Maldonado (Latina woman with curly hair) as Newest AAAS President-Elect, Neuroscientist Morton Ann Gernsbacher (white woman with red hair) and Biologist Juan S. Ramírez Lugo Re-Elected to AAAS Board of Directors (Latino man with goatee)
UC Newsroom |

University of California leader Theresa Maldonado elected president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

She will lead the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of innovative research through the Science family of journals.
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UC Berkeley |

Hummingbirds' unique sideways flutter gets them through small apertures

Hummingbirds zip around at dizzying speeds through our gardens on their hunt for nectar. How do they navigate such tight spaces? New UC Berkeley research has uncovered two of their tricks.
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UC Merced |

An invisible water surcharge: Climate warming increases crop water demand in the San Joaquin Valley's groundwater-dependent irrigated agriculture

A study from researchers at UC Merced found that increased demand accounts for half of the cumulative deficits of the agricultural water balance since 1980.
Hirotaka Matsunaga looks pensively beside the camera in front of a medical building
UCLA |

‘I feel like myself again’: UCLA clinical trial offers hope for lymphoma patients

Hirotaka Matsunaga has been in remission for 18 months after participating in a CAR-T cell therapy led by UCLA professors.