California Magazine |
Cal engineering team designs canoe of concrete
Cal engineering team designs, builds — and races — a canoe of concrete.
UCLA |
Labor expert weighs in on new Cesar Chavez biopic
Gaspar Rivera-Salgado, project director with the UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education, talks about the first biopic to feature the iconic Chicano labor leader.
UC Santa Barbara |
Could closing the high seas to fishing save migratory fish?
Such action could accomplish not only that but also increase fisheries' profits and yields.
UCLA |
Dentist shortage bites California
More new dentists choose to practice out of state; the lingering recession, the elimination of Medicaid dental reimbursements and a glut of established dentists in wealthier, populated areas are among the reasons why.
UC Santa Cruz |
Lick's Automated Planet Finder: first robotic telescope for planet hunters
In its first months of operation, the APF has found two new planetary systems, giving astronomers a taste of planetary riches to come.
California Magazine |
Philosophy's popularity soars
Discipline's devotees find it’s more than ‘an interesting path to poverty.’
UCLA |
Students use alternative spring break to grow
There are plenty of UCLA students who are spending the week of spring break enhancing their suntans and frolicking at traditional meccas of fun to decompress. But spring break also represents another kind of opportunity for students who have opted to travel…
UC Santa Cruz |
Exxon Valdez oil spill was a turning point for biologist
On the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, Terrie Williams reflects on the lessons learned and continues her work training responders for the next oil spill disaster.
UC Newsroom |
Thirty Meter Telescope will be a most powerful eye on the sky
UC places a financial stake in the development and operation of the Thirty Meter Telescope, which will be the largest, most powerful telescope of its kind.
UC Davis |
Plankton make scents for seabirds and a cooler planet
Top predators of the Southern Ocean are tied both to the health of the ocean ecosystem and to global climate regulation through a mutual relationship with phytoplankton.
UC San Diego |
UCSD to house Jonas Salk's papers
Family of polio vaccine pioneer donates personal papers to the UC San Diego library.
UC Davis |
Potential lung cancer vaccine shows renewed promise
In mouse studies, an investigational cancer vaccine boosted immune response and reduced the number of tumors.