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UC Newsroom |

Notable UC books of 2024

Featuring New York Times bestsellers, Pulitzer Prize winners and some of the most talked about books of the year, catch up on some of the great reads you may have missed from UC authors.

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12 amazing UC discoveries of 2024

Explore new ways of understanding ourselves, our planet and our place in the universe.

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Ted Ognibene, Mike Malfatti and biological AMS instrument
Lawrence Livermore Lab |

Lab, UC Davis partner to personalize cancer medications

Researchers are using biological accelerator mass spectrometry to see how cancer patients respond to specific chemotherapy.
UC San Francisco |

NIH launches course for life science entrepreneurs

Pilot program, based on a course developed at UC San Francisco, will help entrepreneurs commercialize their technology.
tobacco smoke
UC Newsroom |

Smoking's $18.1 billion toll on California

Despite declines in numbers of smokers, related diseases account for one in seven deaths in the state — more than from AIDS, influenza or diabetes.
UC Davis solar house project
UC Davis |

Designing a solar home for farmworkers

Solar Decathlon competitors aim to make zero-net-energy homes more affordable.
UC Berkeley |

Earth’s magnetic field could flip within a human lifetime

Earth's last magnetic reversal took place 786,000 years ago and happened very quickly, in less than 100 years.
Classroom construction, UC Merced
UC Merced |

UC Merced’s direct investment in regional economy exceeds $1.1 billion

Statewide investment tops $2.2 billion since July 2000, with the 'multiplier effect' suggesting the impact is even greater.
UC Newsroom |

UC-backed state loan program will provide aid to undocumented students

Program is designed to compensate for ineligibility for federal financial assistance.
Ebola virus
UC Newsroom |

The Ebola crisis

UC is active in the battle against the deadly virus, now in its most widespread outbreak.
UC Davis |

Manipulating memory with light

Researchers have used light to erase specific memories in mice, and proved a basic theory of how different parts of the brain work together to retrieve episodic memories.
Griselda Sanchez-Pelayo counsels student
UC Santa Barbara |

Dispensing college knowledge

Early Academic Outreach Program connects with thousands of high school students in Ventura, Kern and Santa Barbara counties, with impressive results.
UC Newsroom |

President's postdoc fellowship turns 30

At 30, UC president's postdoc program has groomed dozens of the country's best emerging scientists and scholars for UC academic careers.
marine gravity model of the North Atlantic
UC San Diego |

New map exposes details of seafloor

Mysteries of the deep come alive as satellite data bring thousands of uncharted sea mountains and new clues about deep ocean structures into focus.