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The next generation of California researchers share their passions at Grad Slam

Ten graduate students from each of UC’s campuses will put their science communication skills to the test in Sacramento at the livestreamed 2026 Grad Slam on April 22.

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The fight to protect California science starts now

UC is co-sponsoring Senate Bill 895, a critical effort to sustain world-changing research that fuels the fourth-largest economy in the world and supports the quality of life for all Californians.

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UCSF Brain weight loss
UCSF via The Conversation |

Want to lose weight? Train the brain, not the body

Emotional brain training can help you break the stress-obesity connection, a UCSF professor says.
A tv with Sansa Stark saying, "You're spoiling everything!"
UC Newsroom |

Spoiler alert: spoilers make you enjoy stories more

Did someone spoil the next episode of "Game of Thrones"? They might have done you a favor.
Maritza Cardenas
UC Berkeley |

Teen girls see big drop in chemical exposure with switch in cosmetics

A UC Berkeley study finds that using personal care products free of hormone disruptors makes a difference.
UC Irvine higher education summit
UC Irvine |

The future of higher education at UC Irvine

National leaders share insights into providing an elite public education at Feb. 26 symposium.
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UC Newsroom |

Will cars of the future run on poop?

Is brown the new green? UCLA researchers are using waste matter (yes, including poop) to make a new generation of advanced biofuels.
Your morals and political facts
UC Newsroom |

When it comes to politics, you’re not as rational as you think

How your moral beliefs become your political facts – even if they're wrong.
marcus lehman
UC Newsroom |

UC rising stars make Forbes 30 Under 30 list

Forty with ties to the University of California recognized by the magazine as young leaders in their fields.
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UC Newsroom |

UC brings California’s climate change message to Paris

All eyes will be on Paris next week as the nations of the world come together to negotiate the future of the planet at the 2015 UN Climate Conference (COP-21), and California will be at the table.
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UC Davis |

Pigeons can distinguish cancerous breast tissue from normal

Study finds the birds are uncommonly good at distinguishing cancerous breast tissue from normal .
UC Riverside |

Botanist to study responses of trees, shrubs to extreme drought

UC Riverside professor receives National Science Foundation grant for research into survival mechanisms of plant species in California.
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UC Berkeley |

Hunter or prey? The eyes are the key

Pupil shape — horizontal, vertical or circular — is linked to animals’ place in the ecological web.
Bay Area fault map
UC Berkeley |

Calaveras-Hayward fault link means potentially larger quakes

Seismologists have proven that the Hayward and Calaveras faults are essentially the same system, meaning that a rupture on one could trigger a rupture on the other, producing considerably larger quakes than once thought.