UC Santa Cruz |
Bringing plant back from the brink of extinction
Experimental reintroductions are helping to establish new populations of a critically endangered wetland plant.
UCLA |
Geographers create 'easy button' to calculate river flows from space
The frustrated attempts of a graduate student to quantify the amount of water draining from Greenland's melting ice sheet led him to devise a new way to measure river flows using satellite images.
Lawrence Berkeley Lab |
A conversation with Berkeley Lab’s ‘Pi Guy’
'The Simpsons' needed to know the 40,000th decimal digit of pi. David Bailey was the go-to guy.
UC Newsroom |
Taxpayer donations give cancer research a boost
When you file your taxes, consider supporting these programs — simply checking a box can help save lives.
UC Irvine |
Stamping out STEM stereotypes
History of commitment to gender equity in science, technology, engineering and math is showing up in increased numbers of female faculty.
UCLA |
Astronomers watch asteroid's disintegration
Crumbling asteroid has divided into as many as 10 pieces, the Hubble telescope has revealed; its breakup may be due to the effect of sunlight.
UCLA Magazine |
Aiming for the final frontier
UCLA alumna has nailed the first big hurdle toward a one-way trip to Mars.
UC Berkeley |
Berkeley team takes its energy innovation to Capitol Hill
The latest in energy efficiency: a backpack-mounted system for quickly mapping energy use throughout a building and identifying ways to reduce it.
UC San Francisco |
UCSF schools lead the nation in NIH biomedical research funds
Funding reflects quality of research and enables scientists to continue pioneering efforts.
UC Newsroom |
Grad students are driving force behind research
UC trains 26,000 doctoral students and 6,400 postdoctoral fellows whose work addresses issues like renewable energy, poverty, conservation and global health.
UC San Diego |
Amnesiac's brain adds insight into memory
Henry G. Molaison was possibly the most-studied patient of modern neuroscience.
UC Santa Cruz |
UCSC astronomers find bright young galaxies
The four galaxies are among the earliest and most distant ever discovered.