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UC Irvine leads regional project to reduce climate change risks in California
$5.5 million effort will prioritize community engagement, environmental justice
Read MoreUC Irvine researchers issue warning that GLP-1RA’s may be harmful for children
Use of the popular weight loss drugs could threaten pediatric health
Read MoreBiosecurity blanket
Highly regarded UCI program trains researchers in safe use of specialized labs to study dangerous pathogens
Read MoreUC Irvine-led research team leverages power of ribosomes to develop chemical libraries
Transformative technique replaces manual process, accelerating discovery of new drugs
Read More3 UC Irvine professors garner $8.7 million in state support for climate action projects
UC awards total of more than $80 million for progress toward California’s climate goals
Read MoreUCI-OC Poll finds homelessness, affordable housing top resident concerns
School of Social Ecology, United Way partner to find solutions
Read MoreUCI awarded grant to study sex-specific brain pathway responses to stress
UCI has been awarded a five-year, $3.5 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to study the sex-specific differences in circuits that connect the brain’s stress and reward centers. Building on the earlier discovery of how brain circuit operation is disrupted by exposure to early-life adversity, researchers will study the emergence of gender as […]
Read MoreUC Irvine-led study links low-dose radiation to higher cancer risk
Caution warranted given increased public exposure in recent decades
Read MorePopular weight loss medication may benefit 93 million U.S. adults, UC Irvine study found
Semaglutide medication may also prevent heart attack, stroke
Read MoreUC Irvine scientists say deepening Arctic snowpack drives greenhouse gas emissions
Insulating effect of deeper snow is thawing ancient carbon permafrost reserves
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