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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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tobacco smoke
UC Riverside |

Case against third-hand smoke gets stronger

Third-hand smoke — residue left on household, other surfaces — is linked to hyperactivity, significant damage in liver, lung, and slower healing of wounds.
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UCLA |

Testosterone therapy linked to heart attacks in mature men

For men under 65, 'low-T' may pose less of a problem than the popular treatment. Men over 65 appear to be at greater risk, too.
Sunveer Bajwa, Nadia Duenas and Westley Blacklock
UC Davis |

Students learn engineering through coffee

From green bean to your cup of joe, the process of making coffee is all engineering.
bar graph showing that 40% of UC students come from low-income households, in comparison with other selective public, private, and ivy league schools, which each enroll less than 24% low-income students
UC Newsroom |

How UC serves low-income students

UC educates more low-income and first-generation college-going students than any other top caliber research university.
UC Newsroom |

New site, new look

Website redesign aims to better serve users, tell UC's story.
Jacopo Annese
UC San Diego |

Amnesiac's brain adds insight into memory

Henry G. Molaison was possibly the most-studied patient of modern neuroscience.
UC Office of the President |

Staff Advisor Kathy Barton reflects on her role

Kathy Barton will conclude her term as Staff Advisor to the Regents in June.  She talks about her experience as Staff Advisor and how she juggles the role with her job as Executive Director of Strategic Initiatives at the new School of Medicine at UC…
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UC Berkeley |

Seafloor carpet catches waves to generate energy

Power generation and water desalination are among potential applications.
dying pines
UC Santa Barbara |

Climate one-two punch

The combination of drought and warming climate may have major environmental consequences.
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UC Irvine |

You’ve been hacked

With computer ‘break-ins’ growing in sophistication and number, UC Irvine researchers work to foil future attacks.
UCLA |

Center marks half century as hub for medieval and Renaissance scholars

Center for Medieval Renaissance Studies innovates with inclusion of scholars from wide-ranging disciplines and farflung cultures beyond a Eurocentric focus.
UC Berkeley |

Researchers open door to new HIV therapy

Researchers ID new target for possible anti-AIDS drugs that would complement current cocktail of drugs used to keep HIV in check.