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UC Newsroom |

UC medical school graduates take on Central Valley’s health care crisis

More than 700 medical students are earning their M.D. from a UC medical school this spring. The vast majority of these newly minted doctors — 73 percent — will stay in California for their residency training.

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UC Newsroom |

Transfer students triumph in the Class of 2024

Meet 10 first-gen graduates who started their journey to UC at a California community college.

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UC Davis |

Grapevine virus screening saves wine country $60M

Study quantifies monetary benefits for Napa, Sonoma counties of UC Davis-based Foundation Plant Services.
magnetic computing
UC Berkeley |

End of the computer transistor era?

Researchers could soon transform the building blocks of modern computing by making nanomagnetic switches a viable replacement for conventional transistors.
Sikhs
UC Irvine |

Whirlwind tour of spirituality

Students, faculty and staff explore the world’s great faith — and non-faith — traditions.
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UCLA |

Dogs likely originated in ancient Europe

Genetic analysis suggests an extinct population of wolves was domesticated by hunter-gatherers more than 18,000 years ago
UC San Diego |

Government aid: like parent, like offspring

Parents’ use of government assistance likely drives use in next generation.
UC San Diego |

Shake table, robot win Popular Science awards

Innovations are among the magazine's 'Best of What's New' honorees.
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UCLA |

Engineered tomato improves cholesterol

The tomatoes, designed to mimic the effect of "good" cholesterol, reduced the negative activity of unsaturated lysophosphatidic acids, which are found in the small intestine.
UC Berkeley |

Teen night owls likely to perform worse academically, emotionally

Teenagers who go to bed late during the school year are more prone to academic and emotional difficulties in the long run, compared to their earlier-to-bed counterparts.
UC Berkeley |

Berkeley library readies Pat Brown archive

Former governor's documents will open a window to California political history in the 20th century.
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UC San Diego |

Fellowship program attracts diverse postdocs

New perspectives drive academic research in this extension of UC's President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program.
UC Davis |

First study of Russian meteorite

February 2013 event injured more than 1,200, caused damage up to 50 miles away from meteorite's path.
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UCLA |

Do your legs know what your tongue is doing?

Researchers created a virtual world for rats that showed how navigation, expectation of a reward are connected.