Feature of the week
2008-02-25
Image of the Internet Universe
San Diego Supercomputer Center image of the Internet universe on display at New York's Museum of Modern Art.
2008-01-14
Memory and Children
How accurate are children's memories and would you believe them in a court of law? A UC Davis researcher describes her false memory research.
2007-12-10
High-Tech Tool for Brain Disorders
The most advanced noninvasive, radiosurgery tool for treating a variety
of brain disorders--including tumors--is now being used by specialists
at UCSF Medical Center.
2007-12-03
Eating Healthy Too Expensive for Some?
To meet current dietary guidelines, low-income families would have to spend much more of their food budgets on fruits and vegetables than they may be able to afford.
2007-11-19
Grape Powder's Anti-Cancer Effects
Low doses of freeze-dried grape powder inhibit genes linked to the
development of sporadic colorectal cancer, University of California,
Irvine cancer researchers found.
2007-11-13
The Dawn of Animal Vision
By peering deep into evolutionary history, scientists at the University
of California, Santa Barbara have discovered the origins of
photosensitivity in animals.
2007-11-05
Computers Get Common Sense
Using a little-known Google Labs widget, computer scientists from UC
San Diego and UCLA have brought common sense to an automated image
labeling system.
2007-10-23
White Matter Matters
When it comes to diseases of the brain and nervous system, two
University of California, Davis neurology pioneers have a simple way to
sum up a lifetime of complex and cutting-edge research: White matter
matters.
2007-09-24
Loneliness: A Molecule?
UCLA researchers have identified a distinct pattern of gene expression in immune cells from people who experience chronically high levels of loneliness.
2007-09-10
On Second Thought ...
It seems brain cells work differently than previously thought. For the
first time, UC Irvine researchers have found that axons don't just
transmit information - they can turn the signal up or down with the
right stimulation.
2007-07-10
Can the Sierra's Trees Survive Global Warming?
Using mathematical theory, UC Irvine scientists have shed light on one of cancer's most troubling puzzles – how cancer cells can alter their own genetic makeup to accelerate tumor growth.
2007-06-01
An Alarming Trend
Although young men have tended to be associated with alcohol-related
crashes, a UC Irvine study has found that young women are beginning to
show an alarming increase in fatal automobile crashes related to
alcohol use and a failure to use seatbelts.
2007-05-25
How Infants Think Before They Have Words
UC Davis psychology professor Lisa Oakes thinks babies are incredibly
brainy, but through her research she knows that what and how they think
is in a category all its own.