Power of 10: News from UC campuses
UC Berkeley wildfire experts found that climate warming is rapidly producing both hotspots of ecosystem-altering blazes and regions of decreasing global fire risk.
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UC Davis Arboretum horticulturists developed 100 "all-star" water-saving plants for drought-challenged home gardens. Nurseries throughout California are expected to sell the plants.
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UC Irvine neurobiologist Hans Keirstead, the researcher behind the world's first human embryonic stem cell clinical trail, briefed Congress on the state of regenerative medicine.
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UCLA landed $2.1 million in grants from the California Air Resources Board and the state's mobile pollution committee to build one of the largest hydrogen fueling stations in California. Members of the public will be able to fill up at the campus station.
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UC Merced stem cell researcher Michael Cleary has a $484,000 grant to develop a tool that will identify gene expression faster and more accurately. The technology could help researchers find ways to instruct stem cells to make specific new cells to deliver disease treatments.
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UC Riverside will highlight the writings of Jules Verne at the 2009 Eaton Science Fiction Conference May 1 to 3. The campus owns the world's largest collection of sci-fi, horror, fantasy and utopian literature.
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UC San Diego surgeons performed a one-incision, tumor removal and kidney reconstruction – the first in California – which cut the patient's recovery time from a typical six months to six weeks.
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UC San Francisco researchers identified a gene that controls the rapid production of blood stem cells. The discovery could open the way to new treatments for leukemia.
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UC Santa Barbara will house the papers of Ronald Reagan biographer Lou Cannon, who wrote five books about the president and a social history of the Rodney King beating and the 1992 Los Angeles riots.
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UC Santa Cruz is receiving an award for its contributions to the Peace Corps. In 2008, the campus sent 52 volunteers to the corps, the second-highest number among medium-sized universities.
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