Vitamin B3 battles memory loss
An over-the-counter vitamin in high doses prevented memory loss in mice with Alzheimer’s disease, and UC Irvine scientists now are conducting a clinical trial to determine its effect in humans.
November 04, 2008
Month: November 2008
Fungi fight global warming
The fight against climate warming has an unexpected ally: mushrooms growing in the dry spruce forests covering Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia and other northern regions.
November 03, 2008
Diabetes skyrockets in US
Annual treatment cost of $174 billion adds to healthcare burden
November 03, 2008
Extending an olive branch
Dalai Lama scholar Ali Malik helps open up campus dialogue about bringing peace to the Middle East
November 03, 2008
Spirit catcher (2)
Alumnus Nikishna Polequaptewa receives Living Our Values Award for connecting American Indian students to campus
November 03, 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 03, 2008
UCI’s faithful steward
For Sam McCulloch, it’s a favorite Friday ritual. In the morning he heads out the front door of his Newport Beach home, pausing at a sign reminding him what he’ll need for his outing: jacket, keys, cap. Check. He’s 92 years old and he’s headed to UC Irvine, the campus he first laid eyes on […]
November 01, 2008
Passing the barre
Former Joffrey ballerina Jodie Gates floats on pointed toes across a well-worn wooden floor, a dozen or so pairs of little feet pounding in her wake. As part of a free children’s ballet workshop she offers through her annual Laguna Dance Festival, Gates playfully shows her young charges how to move like a butterfly, a […]
November 01, 2008
From bench to business
The first time Fan-Gang Zeng invented a cochlear implant – a device he believed could help thousands regain lost hearing – things didn’t work out too well. The company that licensed his invention shelved the project. “Today, he says, “it benefits no one.” The hard lesson – that most inventions never reach the consumer – […]
November 01, 2008
Meeting the walrus
One can only imagine what John Lennon thought of the brash UC Irvine student who turned up at his Weybridge mansion one autumn day in 1967. Lennon must have been somewhat bemused by the college kid sporting wispy facial hair and a jacket he’d embroidered with Lennon’s picture, because instead of shooing David Goggin away, […]
November 01, 2008