New tinnitus treatment
More than 60 million Americans suffer from tinnitus, a persistent high-pitched ringing in the ears.
November 06, 2008
Month: November 2008
Shake, shake, shake … participate
UC Irvine is part of the largest earthquake preparedness drill in U.S. history – the Great Southern California ShakeOut – which takes place throughout the southland Thursday, Nov. 13.
November 06, 2008
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.
November 05, 2008
From soldier to scholar
Student hopes to pursue a career in public health after serving as medic in Iraq
November 05, 2008
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…
November 05, 2008
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…
November 05, 2008
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…
November 05, 2008
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…
November 05, 2008
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…
November 05, 2008
UCI votes
All over the country, record numbers of voters are standing in lines to cast their votes in what many are calling the most historic election of our time.
November 04, 2008