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NASA Interns Extending Internetworking Off-World

December 2, 2020

Severe Wildfires Burning 8 Times More Area in Western States

December 2, 2020

Pandemic Inspires Chemist to Open New Avenues of Research

December 1, 2020
Professor Michael Thompson doesn’t usually work in immunology or drug development. But his use of X-ray crystallography — research that visualizes the structures of protein molecules to better understand how they function — has taken him in a new direction. Thompson joined the...

How UC Merced is Helping More First-Generation Students

December 1, 2020

Building Our Zero-Emissions Future

November 27, 2020

Researcher Examining CBD Effects on Metabolic Syndrome

November 24, 2020
About 35 percent of Americans have metabolic syndrome, a group of risk factors that raises the risk of cardiovascular disease — the leading cause of death in the United States. If you have three of these five issues, you have metabolic syndrome, according to the American Heart Association...

Connection Between COVID-19 and Loss of Smell Uncovered by Research Team

November 18, 2020
About 70 percent of people with COVID-19 suddenly lose their sense of smell, although fewer of them seem to realize it, according to a new “living analysis” by a research team that includes a UC Merced graduate student. Vicente Ramirez, a Ph.D. student in UC Merced’s Public...

Attitudes About Guns Influenced by Owners' Race and Gender

November 17, 2020

Napa Woman Launches Out-of-the-Box Wine Country Experience

November 17, 2020

Berhe Honored with Prestigious AGU Medal and Fellowship

November 11, 2020
Soil biogeochemistry Professor Asmeret Asefaw Berhe has been recognized by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) as one of this year’s recipients of the Joanne Simpson Medal for Mid-Career Scientists. Two or three medals are given each year to “exceptional mid-career...

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