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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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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 Berkeley |

Despite global amphibian decline, number of known species soars

Publicity over the past 25 years about the decline of amphibians worldwide has led to an explosion of research on the causes and exploration to find new species.
UC Irvine |

Brains in people with super memory are different

Study finds structural variations in the brain and mental processes among those who recall their lives perfectly.
Daniele Piomelli
UC Irvine |

Researcher is spokesman for medicinal use of cannabis

Daniele Piomelli's work with endocannabinoids put him in the medical cannabis spotlight.
UC Berkeley |

Chemical makes blind mice see

Neuroscientists have synthesized a chemical that, when injected into the eyes of genetically blind mice, makes their retinas light sensitive.
UCLA |

Documentary chronicles football player's recovery

An intensive muscle retraining protocol developed by a UCLA professor provides the foundation for the remarkable progress of former college football player who was paralyzed from the neck down in a diving accident.
UC Office of the President |

UC's Best Practice Award winners

Award-winning projects at higher ed sustainability conference.
UC Newsroom |

Green efforts lauded at sustainability conference

Individuals, programs recognized for energy efficiency, sustainable foodservice, waste reduction and more.
UC Office of the President |

UC hospitals rank among nation's best

U.S. News ranks UC hospitals highly regionally and nationally for 2012.
UCLA |

Evidence of recovery in key California commercial real estate markets

Survey polled industry professionals on how they think the market will change over the coming three years; many developers plan multi-family housing construction in coming months.
UC Berkeley |

Attacking biofilms that cause chronic infections

Using super-resolution microscopy and continuous fluorescent imaging, physicists have revealed the structure of bacterial biofilms, which are responsible for the tenacious nature of bacterial diseases such as cholera and chronic sinusitus.
UC Office of the President |

Higgs boson: UC physicists mattered in historic search

International effort to find the elusive particle, thought to be a key to the Big Bang, includes a number of researchers from several UC campuses.
UC San Diego |

Chemical swaying biological clock offers new way to treat diabetes

Biologists' finding points in completely new and promising direction for the development of drugs to treat metabolic disorders.