Research

UC Merced Aerial Picture
Vaping Produces a Chemical that Destroys Human Tissue, Research Shows
August 7, 2025
In addition to being used recreationally, marijuana and cannabidiol, or CBD, one of the cannabinoids produced by the marijuana plant, are thought to have medical benefits such as helping with chemotherapy-induced nausea, treating epilepsy... Read More
Amemiya Awarded for Research, Teaching, Outreach and Service
August 4, 2025
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology Professor Chris Amemiya has been honored by the Pan American Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology (PASEDB) with the Service Award. This prestigious award celebrates a society member who... Read More
Incoming Bobcats ‘Grew Up’ with UC Merced
July 31, 2025
This is part of a series of profiles of new UC Merced Bobcats enrolled for the fall 2025 semester. One could say UC Merced has always been part of incoming Bobcats Ella and Satchel Ortez’s lives. The twins’ father worked for the 10th UC... Read More
Community Health Worker Program Celebrates First Graduates
July 28, 2025
The region has nearly 170 newly certified community health workers after the first cohort completed a specialized training program at UC Merced. Graduates of the training, offered through the university’s Professional and Continuing... Read More
Tiny Artificial Cells Can Keep Time, Study Finds
July 28, 2025
A team of UC Merced researchers has shown that tiny artificial cells can accurately keep time, mimicking the daily rhythms found in living organisms. Their findings shed light on how biological clocks stay on schedule despite the inherent... Read More
UC Merced’s Berhe Joins Scientists in Warning of Global Land Mine Crisis
July 24, 2025
More than 100 million land mines remain buried around the world, posing a threat in approximately 70 countries and territories, and killing or injuring about 5,000 people, most of them civilians, every year.  As the world’s geopolitical... Read More
LiWang’s Research into Biological Clocks Earns Protein Society Honors
July 21, 2025
Professor Andy LiWang knows what makes us tick, at least at a cellular level. His research into the mechanisms of the oldest biological clock known to humankind has led him to understand how proteins — and hence cells — can tell time. It... Read More
NIH Grant Enables Outstanding Investigator to Advance Knowledge of Microbial Infections
June 30, 2025
The National Institutes of Health are backing Professor Clarissa Nobile ’s mission to understand the mechanisms by which microbes form biofilms, specifically those that can be hazardous to human health. Biofilms are communities of... Read More
UC Merced's Smart Farm Abuzz with Activity
June 25, 2025
At UC Merced's biggest lab, students work from before sunrise to well after dusk. They are operating the university's Experimental Smart Farm, 40 acres of dirt and plants, research and experiments. They study everything from pollinators to... Read More
Project Envisioning Air Transport Between UC Campuses Earns Award
June 24, 2025
A simulation for a proposed air transport system among University of California campuses earned an award for a team of UC Merced students. Advised by mechanical engineering Professor Francesco Danzi, students Kyra Ruiz, Randy Serrano, Ana... Read More