UC Newsroom |
UC nabs nearly a quarter of NIH brain research grants
Projects led by UC scientists will receive more than $10 million of the $46 million being awarded as part of the Obama BRAIN Initiative.
UC San Diego |
Battery system will be able to light 2,500 homes
2.5 megawatt storage system — one of the largest in the nation — will be installed next spring.
Lawrence Livermore Lab |
Data from Napa quake advances seismic science
New sources of information fuel both knowledge and emergency response.
UC Berkeley |
Three institutions join forces to seed transformative brain research
UC Berkeley, UCSF and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab have decided to invest in high-risk, high-gain projects that could jump-start our understanding of the brain.
UC Berkeley |
Berkeley and the making of Yosemite
Digital book brings to life the revered national park that's marking its 150th anniversary.
UC Davis |
No sign of health or nutrition problems from GMO livestock feed
The performance and health of food-producing animals consuming genetically engineered feed, first introduced 18 years ago, has been comparable to that of animals consuming non-GE feed.
UC Davis |
UC Davis, SunPower to build largest solar power plant in UC system
Project is designed to generate 33 million kilowatt-hours of electricity per year and expected to reduce the campus's carbon footprint by an estimated 9 percent.
UC Irvine |
Natural gas usage will have little effect on CO2 emissions
Greater utilization of plentiful natural gas could delay switch to renewable energy.
UC Newsroom |
UC takes sustainability to the next level
UC pledges to be carbon neutral by 2025, an ambitious undertaking that no other research university has achieved.
USGS/UC Santa Cruz |
California's sea otter numbers hold steady
Annual population census indicates the threatened species is slowly swimming toward recovery.
UC Davis |
Moms of autistic kids less likely to have taken iron supplements during pregnancy
Five-fold greater risk found in children whose mothers had low supplemental iron and other risk factors for delivering a child with ASD.
UC Riverside |
Hold on, Tiger Mom
Research refutes the idea that the traditional, strict “Chinese” upbringing, advocated for in the book “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother," is superior.