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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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UC Newsroom |

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 San Diego |

Dog jealousy: study suggests primordial origins for the green-eyed monster

A dog's fit of jealousy likely has deep, primordial roots, according to UC San Diego research.
UC Davis |

Global food safety agreement signed by China and UC Davis

Agreement lays groundwork for establishing joint research center in China.
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Lawrence Livermore Lab |

Getting more life out of lithium-ion batteries

Model predicts how carbon components — key factor in battery performance in cell phones and the like — will perform as electrodes.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography |

Has Antarctic Sea ice expansion been overestimated?

Measurements wrong due to an error in the way satellite data was processed, research from Scripps Institution of Oceanography suggests.
UC San Diego |

Parents rank their obese children as 'very healthy'

UC San Diego-led study suggests that parents often do not recognize the potential health consequences of weight gain
UC Berkeley |

Birthday bash to celebrate laser inventor Charles Townes’ 99th

UC Berkeley professor won the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering the laser.
UCLA |

Low-income students in high-performing schools less likely to engage in risky behaviors

A new UCLA-led study suggests that a higher quality educational environment may help improve health outcomes.
UC Riverside |

Wide-faced men negotiate nearly $2,200 larger signing bonus

UC Riverside study finds men with wider faces are successful negotiating for themselves, but not so when it comes to compromise and collaboration.
UC Irvine |

The facts behind science fiction

With Comic-Con looming, UC Irvine professor says our fascination with superheroes provides fertile ground for teaching fundamentals of physics.
UC Santa Barbara |

This is your brain on drugs

With a $1 million award from the Keck Foundation, scientists at UC Santa Barbara will research who could be more vulnerable to addiction.
UC Berkeley |

Tiny laser sensor heightens bomb detection sensitivity

New technology under development at UC Berkeley could soon give bomb-sniffing dogs some serious competition.
UC Riverside |

Catching grease to cut grill pollution

Students design tray that when placed under grill grates cuts harmful emissions from one pollutant by 70 percent.