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UC Newsroom |

UC announces record-breaking admissions for fall 2024

The University of California admitted the largest and most diverse class in its history for fall 2024, including big jumps in admission offers to California students, community college transfers and students historically underrepresented.

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UC Newsroom |

Your ultimate guide to the 100+ UC athletes set to shine at the Paris Olympics

103 UC athletes, supported by 13 UC-affiliated coaches and staff, will be going for gold in the Summer Games, competing in 27 sports and representing 31 different nations and five UC campuses.

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California Magazine |

Cleanly electrifying the world

Decentralized transmission networks, cheap photovoltaics, sophisticated low-energy appliances, mobile phones and 'virtual' financial services are all merging to create an alternative power grid.
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UC Davis |

Lake Tahoe water clarity in 2014 the best in more than a decade

Water clarity in 2014 at the lake was the best in more than a decade.
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UCLA |

Retired NFL players who suffered concussions show pattern of protein deposits

New test may lead to better identification of brain disorders linked to contact sports.
Stella Liu
UC Irvine |

Sowing the seeds of change

With her gardening kit startup, senior Stella Liu hopes to motivate people to grow their own food.
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UC Santa Barbara |

The brain game

A team of researchers provides new insight into what occurs in the brain during the learning process.
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UC San Diego |

What is it about yoga?

Researchers are examining yoga's physiological effects to see if they provide health benefits beyond what can be achieved with non-movement-based mindfulness practices.
UC San Francisco |

Researchers identify calorie-burning beige fat in humans

It appears to be the trigger for converting energy-storing white fat into energy-burning brown fat.
Michael Pollan makes a point about the amount of oil it takes to produce a hamburger during an Edible Education lecture at UC Berkeley.
UC Food Observer |

Q&A with Michael Pollan

The award-winning journalist, author and UC Berkeley professor talks about California's drought, food politics and what institutions can do to encourage change.
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UC Berkeley |

Calaveras-Hayward fault link means potentially larger quakes

Seismologists have proven that the Hayward and Calaveras faults are essentially the same system, meaning that a rupture on one could trigger a rupture on the other, producing considerably larger quakes than once thought.
UC Merced cell phone users can report water leaks
UC Merced |

New system can help save water with a couple of clicks

Software allows anyone at UC Merced with a smartphone to report water leaks in a couple of easy steps.
UCLA scientists California NanoSystems Institute
UCLA |

UCLA scientists create quick-charging hybrid supercapacitors

Charge storage device created at California NanoSystems Institute is vast improvement over existing models.
Berkeley Food Institute panel discussion
UC Newsroom |

Food justice takes center stage

Forum focuses on labor, power, policy and other issues around food.