Health and Science
July 30, 2012
Graduate student Neeraj Sharma, left, and engineering Professor Gerardo Diaz work together to turn waste into steam to power equipment for their biomass research.There’s a reason the UC Merced plasma lab is isolated...
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July 23, 2012
Students Eunnara Cho (left) Keeryung Park (center) and Yea Na Shin, from Dankook University, near Seoul, South Korea, calibrate a thermocoupler in their summer class at UC Solar.They traveled nearly 20 hours by plane...
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July 23, 2012
Six more students accepted into medical education program that helps to address the pressing health concerns of the San Joaquin Valley
. Six students, all with ties to the San Joaquin Valley, have been admitted...
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July 18, 2012
UC Merced and the Great Valley Center release environmental indicators report showing some progress, though ozone levels still surpass state and federal air quality standards. California's Central Valley...
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July 16, 2012
Graduate student Graham Thompson and undergraduate student Priscilla Montez this summer will ask people to arrange animal names on a whiteboard to express how they conceptualize the semantic relations among them. From...
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July 9, 2012
Biological sciences major Portia Mira has overcome plenty, but she has found a way to pursue her dreams of a career and a family.Portia Mira considers herself lucky. Although the UC Merced senior was taken from her...
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July 3, 2012
Endowment at UC Merced will fund renowned scholar's innovative research into how people understand and generate meaning. Cognitive science Professor Teenie Matlock has been named the McClatchy Chair in...
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July 2, 2012
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June 20, 2012
Math and physics major John Li will travel to China this summer as a Strauss Foundation Public Service Scholar to perform magic for orphaned children.When a deadly earthquake shook the Sichuan province of his native...
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June 11, 2012
Professor Fred Wolf is investigating how alcohol affects communication between neurons and glial cells with the support of a National Institutes of Health grant.Professor Fred Wolf's research brings new meaning to the...
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May 29, 2012
Professor Jing Xu's findings published in Nature Communications last month identify a novel pathway for regulating nanomotor function, and suggest the possibility of using cellular cue to rescuing cell health.A...
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May 21, 2012
Graduate student Alexandra Paxton finds opinionated students, puts them in a room together and tells them to argue about a hot-button issue.
Then she...
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May 17, 2012
Siyu WuIt’s no surprise UC Merced graduate student Siyu Wu’s research — rooted in mechanical engineering — has veered toward the environmental. Wu, who grew up in China, was raised by parents who felt strongly that the...
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May 15, 2012
UC Merced researchers shed light on how bone density may change a person's immune system, a finding that could impact how scientists try to combat bone-related disease, such as osteoporosis. Researchers at...
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April 30, 2012
After two months on the job, UC Merced’s first full-time medical director has already entrenched himself in campus life and understanding student...
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April 6, 2012
Graduate student Andrea Rodarte describes some of the tools she uses in her physics research. When Andrea Rodarte began studying physics, she first wanted to look to the stars for answers. Instead, she's finding them...
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April 4, 2012
Fulbright's Franco-American Commission will fund UC Merced Professor Monica Medina’s research in France on the codependency of marine algae and tropical coral reefs. Mónica Medina, a professor in the...
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March 27, 2012
UC Merced biochemistry Professor Henry Jay Forman discovers that tobacco smoke activates an enzyme that causes cancer cells to spread to other parts of the body. Cigarette smoke cannot only cause cancer, but it's...
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March 20, 2012
UC Merced researchers show that a protein found in humans stops regeneration when disabled in planaria, providing a potential strategy for preventing the growth of cancer cells. A flatworm known for its ability to...
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March 14, 2012
UC Merced Professor Shawn Newsam receives prestigious National Science Foundation award to fund work on gathering geographic insight from user-submitted photos and videos. Mapping what is where on the earth’s...
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