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NIH Grant Funds Research into Reducing Inflammation

August 18, 2023
Bioengineering Professor Eva de Alba has been awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to study a potential process to reduce inflammation. The $405,375 grant will fund de Alba's project through 2025. David Gravano, Technical Director of UC Merced Stem Cell Instrumentation Foundry, is...

LOS ANGELES TIMES: Opinion: This idea could save California billions of gallons of water while generating clean energy

August 16, 2023

Researcher Studies Effects of Dust on Climate Change

August 15, 2023
Being able to accurately predict how the climate will change in the future is one of the most important quests of our lifetimes. A key to better prediction is the fundamental understanding of how particles in the atmosphere are connected to climate and climate change. One way to do that is to...

NBC NEWS: Drought and wind: How Maui's wildfires turned into a historic tragedy

August 10, 2023

LOS ANGELES TIMES: How heat waves spread wildfires in California -- even when it isn’t windy

August 1, 2023

Data Science Challenge offers Students Learning and Growth Opportunities

July 24, 2023
About 20 UC Merced students spent the past two weeks working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to see if they can solve a problem that could have a significant impact on cardiology. The annual Data Science Challenge (DSC), a two-week, full-time internship at LLNL, this year teamed...

Solar panels on water canals seem like a no-brainer. So why aren’t they widespread?

July 20, 2023

Fresno Native Takes Next Step to Becoming a Doctor

July 19, 2023
For Joslyn Conchas, becoming a physician wasn’t always the plan. “I wanted to be a veterinarian, but that was before I saw firsthand how impactful health disparities are within my community,” she said. Her grandfather was ill and she witnessed his struggles with the healthcare system while he was...

Students Learn from Experts in Electronic Structure at Physics Conference Hosted on Campus

July 18, 2023
Faculty members from the departments of Physics and Chemistry and Biochemistry recently co-hosted a conference that drew about 100 faculty members, researchers and students from around the country and around the world. Physics Professor David Strubbe and chemistry Professor Aurora Pribram-Jones...

Shark Week Highlights Researcher’s Megalodon Expertise

July 17, 2023
UC Merced 's resident expert on the nightmarishly massive megalodon will play a role in Discovery Channel’s Shark Week, a celebration of the toothy creatures at the top of the oceanic food chain. Professor Sora Kim will be featured in a show called “Jaws vs. The Meg,” in which she and other experts...

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