Human-triggered California wildfires more severe than natural blazes
UCI scientists make the discovery using improved tracking algorithms
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Deforestation drives climate change that harms remaining forest
UCI researchers reconsider carbon storage with improved climate models, satellite data
$5.5 million CIRM grant to fund development of new cervical spinal cord injury therapeutic
Aileen Anderson, director of UCI’s Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center and professor of physical medicine & rehabilitation, has been awarded a 30-month, $5.5 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. The funds will be used in the development of a new human neural stem cell therapeutic for treating chronic cervical […]
Fires in the Sierra Nevada likely to grow in frequency
UCI study links rising temperatures to higher blaze risk
UCI is among founding members of national coalition to improve clinical trials
ACT@POC aims to boost efficiency, accessibility and participant diversity to benefit patients
The pandemic slashed the West Coast’s emissions. Wildfires already reversed it.
MIT Technology Review, July 27, 2021
California’s carbon mitigation efforts may be thwarted by climate change itself
UCI study: Higher heat will limit ecosystem’s role in removing atmospheric CO2
UCI-led study finds that cancer immunotherapy may self-limit its efficacy
Common tumor inhibitor drug triggers favorable and unfavorable immune effects
Climate change is driving plant die-offs in Southern California, UCI study finds
Loss of vegetation cover is most stark in desert ecosystems already on edge of habitability
Assistant professor of education receives Community Outcomes and Impact Award
Emily Penner, assistant professor of education, and her research partners have received the 2020 Community Outcomes and Impact Award from the International Association for Research on Service-Learning & Community Engagement. Her research partners are Thomas Dee, a professor in Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education, and Bill Sanderson, assistant superintendent of high schools in the […]