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NASA Astronaut to Share Space Flight and Science Experience with Campus
April 6, 2017
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Astronaut Tammy Jernigan, who completed five missions aboard U.S. space shuttles, will speak to students, faculty and staff in a special presentation during the annual open house for the Merced nAnomaterials Center for Energy and Sensing (... Read More
Researcher Tracking Teens Who Attempted Suicide
April 3, 2017
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More than 120,000 young people ages 10 to 18 attempt suicide each year, and about 4,500 of those attempts are fatal. Suicide is the third leading cause of death among children ages 10-14 and the second among people 15 to 34 years old. More... Read More
Paleorecord Critical to Future Conservation Efforts, Scientists Say
March 27, 2017
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The rapid pace of global change has large impacts on nature, and on the work conservation biologists will have before them, too. From here on out, experts say, the fossil record is going to be critical to guide nature into the future. A... Read More
Renewable Power Project Could Help Cut Food Processing Costs, Feed People and Animals
March 21, 2017
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Researchers at UC Solar have developed and tested an innovative solar thermal-powered process for turning the pomace, or byproduct, of vegetable and fruit processing into reusable products, potentially lowering food-processing plant costs... Read More
Startups Poised to Make Strides for Local Economy
March 17, 2017
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Two startup companies run by UC Merced alumni have taken big steps toward the kind of success many entrepreneurs can only hope for. St. Vincent’s Solutions, which makes a humidifying respirator for premature babies, and Sweep Energy... Read More
Ancient Biological Clockwork Revealed Using ‘Secret Sauce’
March 16, 2017
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In finding a way to see assemblies of the proteins that direct cyanobacterial circadian rhythms, or biological clocks, UC Merced biochemistry Professor Andy LiWang and his colleagues have done what no one else has been able to, despite... Read More
Graduate Programs on the Rise, U.S. News Rankings Show
March 14, 2017
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At just 12 years old, the graduate programs at the University of California, Merced, are already among the best in the nation, according to the U.S. News & World Report’s 2018 Best Graduate Schools rankings. UC Merced’s... Read More
New Initiative Advances Agriculture Technology Education
March 13, 2017
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As agriculture and food production achieve greater high-tech heights and resources such as water become more scarce, the country will increasingly depend on innovative solutions from its brightest minds. A new initiative at UC Merced aims... Read More
New UC Solar Project Produces Both Heat and Power
March 7, 2017
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One of California’s greatest energy challenges is finding innovative ways to lower natural gas consumption to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. To help meet that challenge, a new solar energy... Read More
New Math Center Aims to Enhance Student Support, Success
March 6, 2017
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Student success has always been a priority at UC Merced, and now students looking for support in math have an additional resource with the launch of The Math Center. “We’re very excited to collaborate with the Applied Math... Read More