By discovering a new mechanism that allows blood to enter the brain immediately after a stroke, researchers at UC Irvine and the Salk Institute have opened the door to new therapies that may limit or prevent stroke-induced brain damage.
Stepping away from the television, computer screen or smartphone in the aftermath of terrorist attacks or mass shootings may be beneficial to your mental health. That’s the takeaway from a new study by UC Irvine researchers showing that six or more daily hours of exposure to media coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings in the week afterward was linked to more acute stress than having been at or near the marathon. Acute stress symptoms increased with each additional hour of bombing-related media exposure via television, social media, videos, print or radio.
Zot Com coordinates multi-platform efforts to further engage UC Irvine Athletics fan base
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.
Upcoming play ‘Galileo in America’ explores collision of art, science and politics.
UCI researcher Ban Al-Ani tracks role of social media in Egyptian uprising.
Donald Patterson, director of the Laboratory for Ubiquitous Computing & Interaction, discusses social media and its future.
The Humanities, Arts, Science & Technology Advanced Collaboratory has announced a competition providing $2 million to innovators in the field…
Digital media use is transforming the way young people learn, UCI researcher Mizuko “Mimi” Ito has found, and schools should take note.
The University of California Humanities Research Institute, led by UC Irvine’s David Theo Goldberg, will administer a $2 million open…