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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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UC Newsroom |

UC tops Washington Monthly campus rankings

UC San Diego ranks first for the fifth consecutive year, and UC campuses take four of top 5 spots in assessment of how universities serve public interest.
Emmanuel Saez, UC Berkeley economist
California Magazine |

The shy academic who diagnosed income inequality

You know about income inequality thanks to Berkeley's Emmanuel Saez, a John Bates Clark medalist and MacArthur 'genius" fellow who keeps a low profile.
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UC San Diego |

Severe drought is causing the western U.S. to rise

The western U.S. is rising — literally — as water dwindles away. Scientists are using GPS technology to track the uplift from massive loss of water, estimated at 62 trillion gallons.
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UCLA |

Are young people losing the ability to read emotions?

Children’s social skills may be declining as they spend less time in face-to-face interaction due to their increased use of phones and other digital media.
UC Riverside |

Professor hacks smartphone through common app

Weakness in the Android operating system was exploited through a very common app. Windows, iOS may be vulnerable too.
UCSD professor Hovav Shacham with body scanner
UC San Diego |

Study shows how easily weapons can be smuggled past body scanners

UC San Diego and other researchers find several loopholes in full-body X-ray scanners once used by the TSA and still used in courthouses, jails, and other government security checkpoints around the country.
UC Newsroom |

Alum, postdoc among game-changing young innovators

MIT Technology Review's 35 Innovators Under 35 recognizes professor, telecom developer with ties to UC Santa Barbara and UC Berkeley.
Chelsea Arnold
UC Newsroom |

Drying Sierra meadows could worsen California drought

Weather-related changes threaten key natural regulator of the region's water flow.
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UC San Diego |

Virtual reality guides those whose memory is failing

Navigation system helps diagnose, monitor and train patients with cognitive decline.
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Greater Good Science Center |

What makes a happy parent?

Are parents really less happy than non-parents, as many recent books and studies suggest? New research finds that the truth is surprising and complicated.
Irrigation in Stanislaus County
UC Davis and UC Merced |

California has given away rights to far more water than it has

Researchers reveal state is overextended and is using complicated and outdated water policies.
UC San Francisco |

Antibacterial soap poses hormone risk to health workers

High levels of triclosan — a hormone disruptor — in antibacterial soap may pose a hazard to hospital workers, who must wash hands often.