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For Wetland Plants, Sea-Level Rise Stamps Out Benefits of Higher CO2

Beneficial Effects of Rising CO2 for Plants Disappear 
Under Flooding, 33-Year Field Experiment Reveals

New COVID-19 Rapid-test Technology Performs PCR Faster than Similar Tests on the Market

Researchers at Columbia Engineering and Rover Diagnostics team up to develop a low-cost, portable platform that gives RT-PCR results in 23 minutes that match laboratory-based tests

Emulating Schizophrenia in a Dish

A chance observation spawns a versatile new strategy for taking on some of humanity’s most vexing psychiatric disorders.

UCI-Led Team First To Discover New Neural Circuits That Regulate Spatial Learning And Memory In The Brain’s Hippocampal Formation

Understanding of novel functional roles can advance research in Alzheimer’s disease, other learning and memory disorders

UCI Researchers Reveal Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Mutations Within The Eye That Lead To Blindness

Understanding the key structural determinants of a highly specialized membrane in the eye could lead to new treatments, even a cure

UCI-Led Team Develops New Biopsy Technology For Analyzing Multiple Tumor Tissue Biomarkers

Mapping cellular spatial organization and interactions will advance personalized treatment

UCI Study Could Explain Why Parkinson’s Drug Improves, Then Diminishes Quality Of Life

L-dopa-protein complex may cause cellular iron overload in brain, leading to side effects

UCI-Led Research Team Discovers A Molecular Feature In Prostate Cancer With Prognostic Value, Distinguishes Ancestral Differences

Expression signatures may be useful for assessing greatest risk of progression in prostate and other cancers

UH Sociologist Finds Disparities in Initial COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

New Study Examines Early Vaccine Rollout in Five Urban Texas Counties

UCI, UC Riverside Astronomers Discover Galactic Protocluster In Early Universe

Researchers surprised to find that many of the galaxies had stopped forming new stars

UCI Study Reveals Neurobiological Processes Occurring During Puberty That Trigger Sex Differences In Learning And Memory

New findings suggest optimal teaching tactics, psychiatric treatment, should adapt to reflect brain differences

UCI Scientists Discover How Galaxies Can Exist Without Dark Matter

In simulations, collisions cause smaller star groupings to lose material

UC Irvine Research Team Identifies Glycosylation Enzyme Critical In Brain Formation

Findings may contribute to new therapeutic uses for neural stem cells

Behind A Good Mutation: How A Gene Variant Protects Against Alzheimer’s

UCI study provides first evidence about how this protective mutation may reduce disease risk

UH Study: Greenhouse Gas Emission Impact from Peatland Fires Underestimated by 200% to 300%

Global forest fires in 2019 and 2020, such as the wildfires in Australia and California, and the deforestation fires in Brazil and Indonesia, accounted for between 10% and 15% of global GHG emissions.

New Study Estimates Over 5.5 Million U.S. Adults Use Hallucinogens

Past 12-month LSD use rate increased from 0.9 percent in 2002 to 4 percent in 2019