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UC Newsroom |
UC announces record-breaking admissions for fall 2024
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UC Newsroom |
Your ultimate guide to the 100+ UC athletes set to shine at the Paris Olympics
UC San Diego |
Learn to code while playing Minecraft
A team of computer scientists has developed a software package that allows users to learn how to program while playing the popular video game.
UC Newsroom |
7 UC campuses in Princeton Review’s ‘Best 379 Colleges’ guidebook
UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UCLA, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara and UC Santa Cruz are among top universities.
UC Irvine |
Exploring technology of squid skin
Protein called reflectin could be used to improve performance of biomedical devices.
UC San Francisco |
Dying in the hospital more likely if ER is closed
Emergency department closures don't just hurt patients — they have a ripple effect on surrounding communities.
UC Berkeley |
A hellacious two weeks on Jupiter’s moon Io
During a year-long series of observations, astronomers observed three of the largest outbursts ever observed on the moon.
UCLA |
Amputation more likely for poorer diabetics
Poor patients are up to 10 times more likely to lose a limb than wealthier ones; earlier care could prevent most losses.
UC Riverside |
New technology boosts biofuel production
Research leader: 'Successful commercialization of biofuels technology is about yield, yield, yield, and we obtained great yields with this novel technology.'
UC Santa Cruz |
Old evidence leads to new ideas about quake hazards in Pacific Northwest
Sediment cores collected in 1960s for doctoral thesis have attracted renewed scrutiny for clues to Cascadia earthquakes.
UC Riverside |
A neuropsychology and beer mixer
Taking advantage of new brewery business model, graduate student starts selling his beers.
UC Berkeley |
Global economic losses from cyclones linger for decades
New study debunks the idea that cyclones have no long-term, lasting economic impacts, and suggests the urgent need for revamping disaster policy around the world.
UC Santa Barbara |
Tracking giant kelp from space
Marine researchers turn to citizen scientists to help investigate the ‘redwoods of the ocean.’
UC Santa Barbara |
Can you trust that app?
That smartphone download might give a hacker access to your data. In response, computer scientists are set to receive $1 million to study smartphone security issues.