Researchers at UC Merced are playing key roles in the new UC Valley Fever Research Initiative, studying ho

A new study identifies genetic changes in Native Americans that came about when Europeans settled in the Pacific Northwest and might have played a major role in why so many natives died of infectious disease.

There are many labs at UC Merced where visitors can see students huddled over microscopes and petri dishes,

By Dan Krotz, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Scientists expect subalpine trees to advance upslope as global temperatures increase, following their climate up the mountains.

But new research published Dec. 15 in the journal Global Change Biology suggests this might not hold true for two subalpine tree species of western North America.

There are 1.7 million multidrug-resistant, hospital-acquired infections that extend hospital stays, increase medical expenses and decrease quality of life. The United States alone reports at least 120,000 deaths annually from resistant infections that are improperly treated because of a scarcity of reliable antibiotics. 

But a new study shows that not only can hospitals be breeding grounds for antibiotic-resistant bacteria, they are also important in stopping the evolution of resistant bacteria.

It’s not just luck or practice that gets Sherpa mountaineers up the slopes of Mt. Everest each year.

Functioning so well at extreme elevations is in the Sherpa and Tibetan DNA — literally.

If fictional scientist Victor Frankenstein had created a mate for his nameless Creature, humans would have gone ex

Adjunct Professor Gabriela Loots is studying why certain canc

Professor Anna Beaudin is just starting up her lab at UC Merced, but a paper she recently published