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National Academy of Engineering elects 10 University of California researchers

Ten UC researchers and 15 alumni have been selected for one of the highest honors in the field of engineering.

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What cuts to NIH funding mean for cancer patients and their families

The American people have consistently supported life-saving cancer research. Now the nation’s bedrock source of public funding for biomedical research is under attack.

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Solar power purchase sets stage for total renewable energy use

UC Merced will get 75 percent of its power from renewable sources by the end of 2016, and is on its way to being 100 percent renewably powered by then.
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Six UC members elected to Institute of Medicine

New members include representatives of four UC campuses: Berkeley, UCLA, San Diego, San Francisco.
UC San Francisco |

Genetic variant protects some Latina women from breast cancer

Originating from indigenous Americans, variant reduces risk by 40 to 80 percent.
UC Newsroom |

Honors for faculty, students

Riverside English professor is a finalist for the prestigious National Book Award in Poetry; Santa Cruz grad students' interactive fiction honored at IndieCade games festival.
UC Davis |

Building global food security through produce research

$18.75 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development will boost international fruit and vegetable research.
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UC San Francisco |

Sugary soda linked to cell aging

Scientists find shorter telomeres — the protective units of DNA that cap the ends of chromosomes — in immune cells of soda drinkers.
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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.
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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.
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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.