Partnership with three Mexican universities receives nearly $5 million to further study method that could make it easier to treat brain conditions.
‘Window to the brain’ research ramps up
Researchers awarded $15.5M to build first total-body PET scanner
New technology could fundamentally change the way cancers are tracked and treated.
Patient, test thyself
Wireless mobile devices have been developed to monitor everything from eating to stress levels.
Picture this: an app for blind photographers
Grad student designed audio tool to recognize and describe photos for the visually impaired.
3-D printing could help save avocado and landscape trees
Technology has greatly accelerated research on an ambrosia beetle that is damaging trees in Southern California.
Making batteries with portobello mushrooms
Can mushrooms stop cell phone batteries from degrading over time? Engineering researchers at UC Riverside think so.
Chip-based technology enables reliable direct detection of Ebola virus
System can be integrated into simple, portable instrument for use in field situations where rapid, accurate detection of the virus is needed to control outbreaks.
Paralyzed man walks with help of brain-computer interface
Mind-controlled technology bypasses spine and creates gateway to a host of medical possibilities.
Babies time their smiles to make their moms smile back
A toddler-like robot allows researchers to confirm their findings — and to help study non-verbal children and adults.
Mobile app would bring earthquake early warning to all
How an early-warning system would work in practice, beginning with the first blaring alarm from a cellphone: 'Earthquake! Drop, cover and hold on! Strong shaking expected!'
UC ranked among top innovative universities
Reuters places UC system 13th in its top 100 list of most innovative universities around the globe.
Crunching numbers to combat cancer
National Cancer Institute grant of $5 million will fund a massive effort to integrate data from all experimental models across all types of cancer — moving the needle forward on precision medicine.