Day: November 5, 2008

Joerg Meyer

Medicine in 3-D

Researchers at UC Irvine’s California Institute for Telecommunications & Information Technology have developed a new way to transform enormous medical datasets into rotating, three-dimensional images, vastly increasing the potential of the institute’s 200-megapixel display HIPerWall.

From soldier to scholar

Student hopes to pursue a career in public health after serving as medic in Iraq

New book explores minimum wage increase

In his new book, “Minimum Wages,” UC Irvine economics professor David Neumark warns against increasing the federal minimum wage, contradicting…

Meyskens honored for cancer prevention achievements

Dr. Frank L. Meyskens Jr. of UC Irvine will be honored by the American Association for Cancer Research for his…

Dried mushrooms slow climate warming in northern forests

The fight against climate warming has an unexpected ally in mushrooms growing in dry spruce forests covering Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia…

Vitamin B3 reduces Alzheimer's symptoms, lesions

An over-the-counter vitamin in high doses prevented memory loss in mice with Alzheimer’s disease, and UC Irvine scientists now are…

Vitamin B3 reduces Alzheimer's symptoms, lesions

An over-the-counter vitamin in high doses prevented memory loss in mice with Alzheimer’s disease, and UC Irvine scientists now are…