Month: September 2012

U.S. News & World Report puts it 44th, a one-place improvement over last year. Among public institutions alone, it comes in 12th.

Using sophisticated satellite technology, Isabella Velicogna documents the ice sheet melt in Greenland and Antarctica. The assistant professor of Earth system science has shown that glaciers are losing mass at an increasing rate — a trend with dire implications for the planet.

Collaboration that allows students and community members to train with professionals is rare, says organizer Jodie Gates.

UC Irvine scientists will be part of two research teams garnering CIRM Disease Team Therapy Development Awards, which are designed to accelerate collaborative translational research leading to human clinical trials.

Swiss doctors with the world’s first clinical trial using human neural stem cells to treat chronic thoracic spinal cord injury report that two patients have regained some ability to feel touch and heat.

UC Irvine study links repeated exposure to violent images from 9/11, Iraq War to acute and long-term stress symptoms.