UC Irvine biology Emanuel Azizi found that toads possess a neuromuscular response that’s specific to the intensity of a landing – a mechanism that protects muscles from injury upon impact. The findings have implications for improving rehabilitation programs for people with neuromuscular deficiencies.
The California Wildlife Conservation Board has awarded $2.833 million in Proposition 84 funds for new construction at UC Irvine’s Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center in Borrego Springs.
Irvine, Calif., Dec. 11, 2012 — Research led by a UC Irvine structural biologist has revealed a potential new way to attack common stomach bacteria that cause ulcers and significantly increase the odds of developing stomach cancer. Hartmut “Hudel” Luecke, professor of molecular biology & biochemistry, and colleagues focused on the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, which […]
Joyce Keyak, a UC Irvine professor in residence of radiological sciences, is part of a NASA effort to understand more about bone density loss during astronauts’ lengthy stays aboard the International Space Station.
Wildfire risk will grow due to climate change, new research finds, but unhealthy controlled burns for farming are the leading type of blaze in the U.S. UC Irvine Earth system scientist Hsiao-Wen Lin found that such fires have increased by 30% nationally in the past decade, mostly in the south. Thanks to stricter air pollution regulations, California, Oregon and Washington have slashed their agricultural burn rates though.
Twelve UC Irvine researchers and one administrator have been made fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society.
A short burst of moderate exercise enhances the consolidation of memories in both healthy older adults and those with mild cognitive impairment, scientists with UC Irvine’s Center for the Neurobiology of Learning & Memory have discovered.
Oct. 18 appearance at Santa Ana Valley High School is part of UC effort emphasizing that college is attainable.
The award provides five years of additional support to the biologists, mathematicians, physicists, engineers and computer scientists who collaborate in pursuit of a more comprehensive and accurate understanding of complex biological systems.
UC Irvine’s Program in Geriatrics will use federal grant for pilot program to preventing the abuse of people with dementia, called Take AIM Against Elder Abuse.