How do our bodies fight off dangerous chemicals?
Cells are like night club bouncers, says UC San Diego's Amro Hamdoun: With every substance that a cell encounters, it has to decide which to eliminate and which to let in.
Breaking barriers to cross-border study
University leaders from Baja California, San Diego forge long- and short-term collaborations.
U-T San Diego
Napolitano urges ‘passionate conversation’ on higher education
In USC's 37th annual Pullias Lecture, the University of California president puts tuition in a wider context of the state system’s tradition of innovation.
University of Southern California
Keystone XL pipeline does nothing to help our region
UC Merced's Roger Bales and Roland Winston make the case that the controversial oil pipeline represents America's past, not its future.
Modesto Bee
California is rife with laws used to harass homeless
Op-ed co-authored by a Berkeley law professor addresses the proliferation of vagrancy laws in California — and which cities lead the pack.
Los Angeles Times
Science behind the faces of meth
Images of crystal meth addicts show clearly how the drug drastically alters a person's appearance. Now, Daniele Piomelli and others at UC Irvine have discovered how the drug affects the body's cells to speed up aging.
Daily Mail
Want to lose weight? Just chill
Most people trying to lose weight would expect to break a sweat, but a UC Irvine researcher has a different idea. In fact, he recommends chilling out... literally.
KGO TV
UC progress on sustainable investments strategy
UC has taken a series of steps to combat global climate change by investing in sustainability, including becoming the first university in the world to sign the Montreal Carbon Pledge.
What on earth made these perfect fossil rings?
They're 492 million years old and are in Wisconsin, and researchers at UC Riverside want your help in figuring them out. (There's a prize for whoever comes up with the best 'natural explanation.')
Scientific American
Banana slugs: secret of the slime
Engineers and other researchers at UC Merced, UC Santa Cruz and UCLA are studying slime and other properties of the humble banana slug (which happens to be the Santa Cruz mascot).
KQED Science