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Antarctica has lost 10 times the size of Greater Los Angeles in ice over 30 years

A UC Irvine-led study used international and commercial satellites to measure glaciers and found more than three-quarters of ...
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Menopause is having a moment, and medicine is finally catching up

Dr. Rajita Patil talks about UCLA’s new, comprehensive approach to menopause care and why a generation of women missed out.
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Protecting your skin from UV damage doesn’t need to cost a lot

UCSF researchers calculated the annual cost of using sunscreens and found huge variations, depending on product price and how much skin a person exposes to the sun.
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UC researchers develop a genetic sensor that could allow MRIs to image molecular-level changes

In a development that could transform how scientists study cancer, neurodegeneration and inflammation, researchers have invented a new sensor that enables MRI machines to visualize molecular activity ...
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How little we know about our food would surprise you. UC scientists are working to change that — and improve health outcomes across the nation

Leveraging the power of artificial intelligence, scientists at the UC Davis USDA-NIFA AI Institute for Next Generation Food Systems are connecting the dots of 80 years of scientific publishing to shed ...
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UC Berkeley’s Blue and Gold satellites are now flying through Earth’s magnetotail — a first

Launched to Mars in November, NASA’s ESCAPADE probes — operated by UC Berkeley’s Space Sciences Lab — are now testing their instruments in a never-before-visited region of Earth's magnetic field.
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The unstoppable rise of Olympic gold medalist Jordan Chiles

A little rest and relaxation after earning an Olympic gold medal might seem perfectly reasonable to the average person. Jordan Chiles is not your average person. Since being awarded gold and bronze ...
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First cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Northern Elephant Seals confirmed in California

The outbreak marks the first cases of HPAI H5N1 in marine mammals in California and the first detection in northern elephant ...
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From Rett and Pitt-Hopkins to ALS: 5 rare diseases UC San Diego researchers are tackling in the lab

Researchers at the Sanford Stem Cell Institute have taken the fight against rare diseases to the lab, to patients’ bedsides ...
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The science of Ramadan fasting

Fasting during Ramadan is physiologically similar to time-restricted eating, as both shift the body from glucose to fat use after 12–16 hours. The key difference is that Ramadan prohibits fluids ...
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AI promised to free up workers’ time. UC Berkeley Haas researchers found the opposite.

While conducting research on how AI was changing daily work at a U.S. technology company, a UC Berkeley Haas doctoral student noticed a pattern that raised a provocative question: What if AI is ...