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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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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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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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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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A laser focus on melanoma

With federal funding, Mihaela Balu, UC Irvine associate professor of dermatology and biomedical engineering, and her team have invented a laser-equipped device that looks beneath the skin surface for ...