UC Newsroom |
UC to Congress: Federal financial aid helps keep college affordable
Pell Grants and federal student loans are vital to UC’s success in enrolling and graduating significant numbers of low-income and first-generation students.
UC Davis |
'Farmer-preneurs' improve crops in Southern Africa
A team of UC Davis grads, students and Zambian colleagues has built a company around simple technologies and practices that aid farmers in avoiding losses and growing more crops.
UC San Francisco |
Women with dense breasts may not need more screening
Routine mammograms will suffice for many women unless they are at high risk of developing cancer.
UC Riverside |
Moms' obesity compromises babies’ immune system at birth
Study reveals potential links between changes in a baby’s immune system and increased susceptibility and occurrence of diseases later in life.
UCLA |
Neuroscience helps explain American households’ $12 trillion debt
Op-ed: Psychiatrist explains how consumerist culture has warped Americans’ brains into reckless spending.
ANR |
UC scientists to bury time capsule with letters to successors
Project part of May 26 celebration to commemorate 50th anniversary of UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Parlier.
UC San Francisco |
Microclinics help keep Kenyan HIV patients in care
Activating patients’ existing social networks helps reduce the stigma of the disease.
UC San Diego |
Youth dance classes score low in physical activity
Most youth dance classes — from ballet to hip hop — score lower than expected in physical activity.
UC Berkeley |
Discovery paves way for homebrewed drugs, prompts call for regulation
Sugar-fed yeast — long used for homebrewed alcohol — can yield drugs ranging from antibiotics to morphine. That may be where the government draws the line.
UCLA |
Oscar Wilde was not a plagiarist
Joseph Bristow delves into Wilde’s obsession with obscure poet Thomas Chatterton, deems 'notebook' his original work.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
Lawrence Livermore Lab technology could help detect diseases in commercial swine industry
The biological detection system also could be useful for cattle and poultry diagnostic tests, as well as for pets such as dogs and cats.
UC Santa Cruz |
Astronomers baffled by discovery of rare quasar quartet
Four quasars, each one a rare object in its own right, have been found in close physical proximity to each other.