UC San Francisco |
Faster DNA sleuthing saves critically ill boy
Genome experts show value of new generation of sequencing techniques in diagnosing brain infection.
UC San Diego |
UC San Diego's Physics Girl wins national competition
Outreach coordinator creates YouTube videos that encourage girls to pursue science.
UC Davis |
Engineers take part in 'WalkAgain' at World Cup
A paraplegic with the help of robotic exoskeleton will kick a ball during the opening ceremony of soccer tournament.
UC Riverside |
Cleaning the air with roof tiles
Students develop coating that removes up to 97 percent of smog-causing nitrogen oxides.
UCLA |
Poor health, lifestyle factors linked to memory complaints
Early complaints often precursors to significant decline in later life, UCLA/Gallup study says.
UC Riverside |
Pulitzer Prize-winning author to teach at UC Riverside
Jane Smiley joins distinguished faculty of the Department of Creative Writing.
UC Riverside |
Professor edits new encyclopedia on multiculturalism in America
Carlos Cortés, professor emeritus of history, worked as lead editor for "Multicultural America: A Multimedia Encyclopedia."
UC Berkeley |
Life stories of early black faculty offer window onto history
Eighteen African American faculty and senior administrators, hired before the advent of affirmative-action policies in the 1970s, recount their stories in an oral-history series.
UC Santa Cruz and Queen Mary University |
Astronomers detect two planets orbiting nearby ancient star
An international team of scientists has reported two planets orbiting a nearby and very old star known as Kapteyn's star.
California Magazine |
Aliens are almost surely out there
Berkeley's SETI says we're not alone. But can we find the money to find them?
UCLA |
Taking brakes off immune system to fight deadly cancers
Doctors see successes with an experimental drug in two types of cancer with historically low survival rates: metastatic melanoma and lung cancer.
Lawrence Berkeley Lab |
The energy cost of streaming video
A night of Netflix may create a larger carbon footprint than you'd think.