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UC Berkeley |
UC Berkeley alumnus Gary Ruvkun shares 2024 Nobel Prize for discovering microRNA
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UC Santa Barbara |
Setting up a ‘school zone’ for whales
Marine research and conservation institutions band together to expand whale-saving technology to the San Francisco Bay.
UC San Diego |
Why are prescription drugs so expensive? It’s not necessarily high R&D, new study shows
Pharmaceutical companies claim they need to charge high drug prices to recover the costs of research and development, but researchers found no link between the two.
Berkeley Lab via The Conversation |
Hurricane Ian: When the power grid goes out, could solar and batteries power your home?
A study of real-world disasters shows how home solar and storage could keep the lights on and the air conditioner running during many outages, if not all.
UC Davis |
Revealing the genome of the common ancestor of all mammals
Every modern mammal is descended from a common ancestor that lived about 180 million years ago. We don’t know a great deal about this animal, but the organization of its genome has now been computationally reconstructed by an international team of researchers.
UC Newsroom |
UC president recognizes foster youth students, celebrates outstanding student leadership
The inaugural Regents Foster Youth Award and an award for student leadership shine a light on the impact UC students are already having on the world.
UC Berkeley Haas |
Who flirts to get ahead at work?
A new study finds it’s most often men in subordinate roles as a way to maximize personal gain at work.
UC Riverside |
Why Ukraine advances don’t equal Russian retreat
UC Riverside expert weighs in on Ukrainian counteroffensive, faux referendums and Putin's rebuke.
UC Santa Barbara |
A $60M gift to heal the oceans
Marc and Lynne Benioff gift the university $60 million to support ocean science research and solutions — one of the largest known gifts anywhere to support ocean research.
UC San Diego, UC Irvine |
UC San Diego, UC Irvine and others seek to map the human brain over a lifetime
The new Center for Multiomic Human Brain Cell Atlas will seek to describe in unprecedented detail the molecular features of the brain’s billions of cells, where each is located and how they change with age.
UC Newsroom |
UC community builders on how their Hispanic heritage fuels their work for change
These UC students, alumni, faculty and staff are using their own spark to light the way for others.
UC Newsroom |
New Dual Admission pilot program will help more students transfer to UC
The pilot program creates a new transfer path for California high school students who are ineligible for admission because they haven’t met all of UC’s subject matter requirements.
UC Berkeley |
How Saturn got its rings
The dramatic rings of Saturn and its trademark tilt have long puzzled astronomers. Scientists may now have the answer to both — Chrysalis.