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

Program is designed to compensate for ineligibility for federal financial assistance.
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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.
Kara Cooney
UCLA |

Egyptologist gives new life to female pharaoh

No usurper, Hatshepsut was just really good at her job, according to new biography.
Shuji Nakamura, UC Santa Barbara
UC Santa Barbara |

UCSB's Shuji Nakamura wins Nobel Prize in physics

Nakamura, co-inventor of the blue LED — which made the white LED lamp possible — is UC's 61st Nobel laureate. Fiat Lux, indeed!
UC Merced |

UC Solar works to meet state’s renewable energy goals

Institute sponsors seminar exploring the solar industry present and future, and the many creative initiatives being developed by UC.
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Lawrence Livermore Lab |

Ocean warming in Southern Hemisphere underestimated

Global ocean warming appears to have been underestimated by 24 to 58 percent.
UC San Francisco |

$17M award aims to improve clinical trials for traumatic brain injury

Department of Defense award joins universities, FDA, firms, philanthropies in partnership.
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UC Santa Cruz |

Power of mountain lion's pounce

High-tech collars enable scientists to record the energetics of mountain lion hunting behavior, showing how they overpower large prey.