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The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory sits atop Cerro PachĂł in Chile. The new telescope is one of the many innovations with UC ties that TIME magazine chose for its Best Inventions of 2025.

UC faculty and alums behind 13 of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2025

UC faculty and alums are behind over a dozen of the inventions on this year’s list, with contributions to aerospace, health, agriculture, computing and more. Learn more about some of this year’s most exciting inventions from UC’s extraordinary community of changemakers.


Children of God members in the 1970s

Fig. 1 video: Why America is so good at producing cults

Watch any documentary or listen to any podcast about cults, and you might find one common thread: So many cults are American.


UC climate scientist Daniel Swain named to TIME100 Next list

Daniel Swain, a UC ANR climate scientist, has been named to the 2025 TIME100 Next list, which honors 100 emerging leaders around the world.


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VIDEO: President Milliken celebrates UC’s 5 Nobel Prizes

We’re the first university in the world to have four faculty receive Nobel Prizes in a single year, and these scientists join a long legacy of UC laureates.


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How UC helps three Central Valley farmers feed America

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources plays a critical role in helping farmers throughout California succeed in every facet of the production process.


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Thrilling progress in brain-computer interfaces from UC labs

Many UC researchers are making unprecedented new strides in expanding what's possible when the human mind and advanced computers meet.


Troops dismounting their carrier at Omaha Beach in Colleville Sur-Mer, France June 6, 1944.

Latest Fig. 1 video explores why D-Day almost failed

Two scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography studied ocean waves — and ended up changing history.


How elephant extinction threatens everything from rainforests to musical instruments

Scientists knew almost nothing about how ebony trees, used for guitars and piano keys, grow. A new UCLA study reveals the secret ingredient: elephants.


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How the US became a science superpower

America is on the verge of relinquishing its scientific dominance for the first time in eight decades.


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UC leads the nation in academic research

A new Washington Monthly ranking finds that the University of California sets the pace for university-led research.


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Critical research hangs in the balance as UC faces unprecedented threats

As Congress considers deep cuts to federal science agencies that fund university research, it’s vital to understand just how much is at stake.


12 foods you couldn’t live without — brought to you by UC

Across university farms and labs, research from the University of California is at the root of the state and nation’s abundance.