UC Santa Cruz |
Film professor's video addresses LA public health crisis
Los Angeles transit passengers will learn of the dangers of 'Evil White Foods' from John Jota Leaños' film.
UC San Diego |
Donated Dr. Seuss works may lead to new books
Trove of archived works, donated to the UC San Diego Library, may find their way into new books to delight Dr. Seuss' legion of fans.
UCLA |
Google Glass app performs instant diagnostic tests
Users of the wearable computers can take pictures of medical samples, upload them immediately to a server and receive accurate analyses in as little as eight seconds.
UC Newsroom |
About California's drought
UC researchers offer insights on coping with the state's extended dry spell.
UC Irvine |
Can kava cure cancer?
Commonly brewed for tea, the plant compound is being studied for its effectiveness against bladder malignancies.
UCLA |
Experimental treatment eradicates acute leukemia in mice
Using an existing drug and a new drug developed at UCLA, the researchers wiped out cancer cells in mice with a deadly type of blood cancer, leaving healthy blood cells alone. The treatment might also have applications for other blood diseases.
UC Santa Cruz |
UCSC, UC Hastings offer accelerated law degree program
Students will receive BA and JD degrees in six years compared with the usual seven.
UC San Francisco |
UCSF, Walgreens open pharmacy
Joint endeavor on UCSF campus aims to improve medication safety and decrease health care costs.
UCLA Magazine |
Clayborne Carson: King's chronicler
The man who edits and publishes Martin Luther King’s papers isn't just a scholar of the civil rights movement. Historian, documentarian, playwright and scholar Clayborne Carson lived it.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
Diminishing ice means a darker Arctic
Forty-five years after scientists hypothesized that global warming would make Arctic Ocean surfaces darker, Scripps team determines, through satellite data, how much the planet’s albedo has diminished.
UCLA |
Four threats to American democracy
UCLA professor examines four interconnected issues that could threaten a breakdown of effective democratic government in the United States.
UC Riverside |
Holograms boost electronic performance
Researchers demonstrate a holographic memory device that could improve storage capacity and processing capabilities in electronics.