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UC Newsroom |

Fresh faces on campus: Welcoming UC’s newest undergrads

Our new undergrads have never been more diverse or more inspiring. Here are a few of their stories.

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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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UC San Francisco |

Here’s what to know about the mpox outbreak emergency

A physician-researcher explains different variants of the disease and risks to different populations.
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UC Irvine |

Helping students, parents prepare for the new school year

In this podcast, psychologist Jessica Borelli offers strategies for easing the back-to-school transition.
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UC Berkeley |

To kill mammoths in the Ice Age, people used planted pikes, not throwing spears, researchers say

UC Berkeley archeologists say the findings might help resolve the debate about Clovis points and reshape how we think about hunting some 13,000 years ago.
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UCLA |

Venting your frustrations can make friends like you better — if you do it right

Psychologists at UCLA find it isn’t cathartic but can strengthen bonds that might pay off in the future.
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UC San Diego |

Presence of liquid water most probable explanation for data collected by Mars lander

Researchers infer that stores of water must exist in planet’s crust.
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UCLA |

Molecule restores cognition and memory in Alzheimer’s disease mouse study

A molecule identified and synthesized by UCLA Health researchers has the potential to revitalize memory and cognition for several conditions, including Alzheimer’s disease and depression.
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UC Natural Reserve System |

Improving predictions of plant species survival with the California poppy

Professors Elsa Cleland of UC San Diego and Jason Sexton of UC Merced will quantify genetic diversity using seeds collected from widespread wild populations, and monitor the fates of those populations in the wild.
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UC Davis |

Brain-computer interface allows man with ALS to ‘speak’

A brain-computer interface (BCI) developed by UC Davis Health accurately translates brain signals into speech. The device implanted in the brain of a man with ALS is the most accurate system of its kind.
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UC Santa Barbara |

Outsourcing conservation in Africa

Management of many of the continent's protected areas is being transferred from governments to nonprofit NGOs. Research from UC Santa Barbara delves into the problems that's causing for residents and the environment.
Five gymnasts from Team USA jump and scream while holding the American flag just after winning the 2024 Paris Olympics women's team competition. Credit: James Lang-USA TODAY Sports
UC Newsroom |

UC athletes bring home 39 medals from a memorable Paris Summer Games

UC athletes racked up a total across 12 sports that would be the 11th-most in the world if UC was a country.
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UC Newsroom |

You can’t stop wildfire, but you can take steps to fireproof your home

Practical tips informed by cutting-edge research from UC Cooperative Extension foresters.
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UC Riverside |

How does traumatic brain injury progress to Alzheimer’s disease?

An NIH grant to UC Riverside and Indiana University will explore the question.