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UC Berkeley |

UC Berkeley’s Omar Yaghi shares 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry

Yaghi created a field called reticular chemistry, which involves stitching together molecular building blocks to form porous structures — metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) — with myriad applications.

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UC Newsroom |

UC wins 5 Nobel Prizes in 3 days — and sets a new world record

These discoveries span decades and disciplines, but they all have one important thing in common: They’ve all relied on competitive funding from the federal government.

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Valerie Jenness
UC Irvine |

How the law works for law breakers

Book co-authored by social ecology dean sheds light on the inmate grievance process in California.
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UC San Francisco |

Researchers launch landmark study of LGBTQ health

Framingham heart health study inspired efforts to track LGBTQ health trends.
Hoover Dam
UC Irvine via The Conversation |

California tackles water-energy interdependence by getting decision-makers to talk

UC and the U.S. Department of Energy are leading with a jointly sponsored workshop with utilities, regulators and researchers from throughout the West.
UC Newsroom |

Ensuring inclusive campus environments for LGBT students, faculty and staff

New measures address self-identification of orientation and identity, and gender-neutral facilities.
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UCLA |

One-quarter of California adults are obese

In just 14 years, the percentage of obese Californians is up from one-fifth.
UC Riverside |

Undergraduate discovers new firefly species

Discovery is among a few little-seen firefly species found in Southern California.
UC Davis |

Food engineer named World Agriculture Prize laureate

UC Davis' R. Paul Singh is recognized for a lifetime of internationally renowned contributions to food engineering research, education, development, consulting and technology transfer.
UC Irvine |

Minority children underrepresented in special education

Findings contradict prior research, public perception, and federal legislation and policies.
fertilizer boxes at marijuana grow site
UC Berkeley |

Environment takes big hit from water-intensive marijuana cultivation

Irrigation, pest control and garbage take heavy toll on drought-stressed watershed areas.
silhouetted students
UC Santa Cruz |

A visionary, a genius, and the human genome

In 2000, two dogged researchers defied the odds to become the first in the world to assemble the DNA sequence of the human genome.
Spotted wing Drosophila on ripe blueberries. The males have a characteristic dark spot on tip of wings.
UC Riverside |

Scientists find safe repellent that protects fruit from pesky pest

Pleasant-smelling chemical compound effectively wards off spotted wing Drosophila, lab experiments at UC Riverside show.
wildflowers at Owens Peak
UC Davis |

California’s wildflowers losing diversity in face of warmer, drier winters

Similar trends have been found in other Mediterranean environments, such as those of southern Europe.