When it comes to studying how corals respond to increasing ocean temperatures as the climate warms, the corals are just part the puzzle.
“If we don’t look at the algae that live in symbiosis with the corals, we’re really only seeing half of the picture, maybe less,” said Ph.D. student Mickey...
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January 21, 2008
LOS ANGELES, CA— Sierra magazine has placed
the University of California’s 10 campuses “in a league of their
own” in the Sierra Club publication’s second annual
green college guide, which hit newsstands today (Aug. 21).
The ranking, along with others by Kaplan and Hearst’s
TheDailyGreen.com,...
January 18, 2008
MERCED, CA— Faculty researchers at the
University of California, Merced have been awarded nearly $8.4
million in research grants and awards during the first half of the
2007-08 fiscal year, the largest six-month total since the
university began research operations in 2003.
The $8.4 million...
January 16, 2008
MERCED, CA— Amid international concern about
the public health threat of drug-resistant Staphylococcus aurea
bacteria, researchers at the University of California, Merced, have
filed for a patent on a powerful new screening tool that could
someday answer widespread calls for universal staph...
January 14, 2008
Kolligian Library is second campus facility to meet USGBC
“Gold” standard for sustainable development
MERCED, CA— A second major building complex
at the University of California, Merced has earned “LEED Gold”
certification for excellence in environmental performance from the
U.S. Green Building...
January 11, 2008
A particle of dust might not seem particularly special when you wipe it off your windshield or breathe it in. But a new UC Merced professor can analyze particulate pollution for distinct chemicals that show where it originated - on a cattle feed lot, from a tomato field or almond orchard, from...
January 8, 2008
MERCED, CA— Efficiency is the name of the
game when it comes to making non-gasoline vehicles more attractive,
both to manufacturers and to consumers. But testing engine
efficiency can be an expensive proposition, requiring hand-built
prototypes, pricey equipment and space to house operations....
January 7, 2008
The deadline to apply to graduate school is quickly approaching, and UC Merced officials are busy spreading the word about the benefits and opportunities of applying to one of the many tailored graduate programs available at the college.
But first, they said, future students should be mindful of...
January 7, 2008
Debye Conte tried many times since graduating high school to advance her education. But each time she enrolled in college classes, life got in the way and forced her to shelve her plans.
Thirty years later, she is finally living out her dreams. The future grandmother is a UC Merceddoctoral...
January 7, 2008
The deadline to apply tograduate schoolis quickly approaching, and UC Merced officials are busy spreading the word about the benefits and opportunities of applying to one of the many tailored graduate programs available at the college.
But first, they said, future students should be mindful of...
