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UC Berkeley |

UC Berkeley alumnus Gary Ruvkun shares 2024 Nobel Prize for discovering microRNA

Ruvkun obtained his B.A. in biophysics from UC Berkeley in 1973.

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A veterinarian is using a stethoscope to examine a brown and white cat. The cat's eyes are slightly dilated. Researchers have found cats show fewer signs of stress when appointments are virtual rather than in a veterinary office.
UC Davis |

UC Davis researchers study telemedicine for cats

Video veterinary appointments could increase access to medical care.
F. Sherwood Rowland and Mario Molina in their lab at UC Irvine in the early 1970s,
UC Irvine |

How UC Irvine saved the ozone layer

Research by F. Sherwood Rowland and Mario Molina is at the heart of a recent U.N. report that the ozone hole is closing.
A set of 16 brain PET scans, with orange areas representing Alzheimer's progression
UC San Francisco |

30 years on, are we winning the fight against Alzheimer’s?

Lecanemab, Donanemab, and other drug-free strategies have emerged as weapons against dementia.
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UC Newsroom |

UC awards $16.4M in grants to address climate change, health inequities

21 exciting new projects are being funded through $16.4 million in grants from UC’s Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives (MRPI).
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UC Davis |

Bumblebee and butterfly, where are you?

Distinguished professor Art Shapiro’s Beer for a Butterfly Contest is one of two entomology contests at UC Davis to open the new year.
HT, a Navajo toddler, smiling at home
UC San Francisco |

How gene therapy saved a child from “Bubble Boy Disease”

Breakthrough makes young boy the first person to receive gene-corrected stem cells for Artemis-SCID.
Illustration of a SymphNode interacting with T cells and a tumor
UCLA |

Tiny implantable device designed by UCLA scientists helps kill cancer

A therapeutic sponge the size of a pencil eraser boosted the body’s tumor-fighting response in mice and kept the cancer from returning.
Overhead map of Beringia, the land bridge between North America and Asia
UC Santa Cruz |

Bering Land Bridge formed surprisingly late during last ice age, study finds

New research shows the Bering Strait remained flooded until around 35,700 years ago, not long before humans began migrating into the Americas.
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UC Berkeley |

Pushing to remove legal barriers for formerly incarcerated students

The policy fellowship at UC Berkeley’s Underground Scholars Initiative continues the student group’s tradition of successful legislation work.
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UC Riverside |

Mired in silence: Southern California’s farmworkers lack health resources, study says

Health of Southern California’s farmworkers needs to be a priority, says UC Riverside study.
A visualization of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe approaching the sun
UC Irvine |

UC Irvine physicist proposes new experiment to detect dark matter in our solar system

The SpaceQ mission, involving atomic clocks on spacecraft placed close to the sun, could help find particles that have eluded researchers for decades.
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UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center / Greater Good Magazine |

Our favorite books of 2022

Greater Good’s editors pick the most thought-provoking, practical, and inspirational science books of the year.