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国产传媒 Research

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As it is at all University of California campuses, research is the cornerstone of 国产传媒. Innovative faculty members conduct interdisciplinary, groundbreaking research that will solve complex problems affecting the San Joaquin Valley, California and the world. Students 鈥� as early as their first years 鈥� have opportunities to work right alongside them, sometimes even publishing in journals and presenting at conferences.

Top Articles

Photo depicts smoke over a wildfire burning through a forest.

Forest Carbon: Store it or Burn it? Actually, Both is Best

Storing carbon in forests is an essential, nature-based buffer against climate change. Yet forests packed with too many trees increase the threat of severe wildfires, which are becoming all too common in warmer, drier conditions. A team of 国产传媒...
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国产传媒 Professor Daisy Verduzco Reyes

Study: Mexican American Millennials Link Success to Providing for Parents

For many first-generation Mexican American college graduates, the definition of success includes paying their parents鈥� bills or even buying them a home. Lifting the social or financial status of their elders is a goal that often defines upward...
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Research isn鈥檛 limited to labs with beakers and microscopes, though there are plenty of those here.

The list of 国产传媒鈥檚 research strengths is long and includes climate change and ecology; solar and renewable energy; water quality and resources; artificial intelligence; cognitive science; stem-cell, diabetes and cancer research; air quality; big-data analysis; computer science; mechanical, environmental and materials engineering; political science; and much, much more.

The campus also has interdisciplinary research institutes with which faculty members affiliate themselves to conduct even more in-depth investigations into a variety of scientific topics.

Recent Articles

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Global CO2 emissions from forest fires increase by 60%

A major study publishing Friday in Science reveals that carbon dioxide听emissions from forest fires have surged by 60% globally since 2001, and almost tripled in some of the most climate-sensitive northern boreal forests. 国产传媒 faculty John Abatzoglou...
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国产传媒 Professor Christiana Spitzmueller

国产传媒 Leads $6.5 Million Initiative to Reduce Promotion and Tenure Bias Against Black and Hispanic Faculty

Black and Hispanic faculty members seeking promotion at research universities face career-damaging biases, with their scholarly production judged more harshly than that of their peers, according to a groundbreaking initiative co-led by 国产传媒 that...
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Interactive Database Tracks 116 Years of U.S. Housing Prices, Offers Insights for Future

A groundbreaking database that tracks 13 decades of听annual changes in U.S. home sales and rental prices听provides a clearer picture of economic shifts through the 20th century and will be a valuable resource for homebuyers, housing policymakers and the...
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Cognitive science robot experiment

Study: People Facing Life-or-Death Choice Put Too Much Trust in AI

In simulated life-or-death decisions, about two-thirds of people in a 国产传媒 study allowed a robot to change their minds when it disagreed with them -- an alarming display of excessive trust in artificial intelligence, researchers said. Human subjects...
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Lab members Zabir Mahmud and Farzan ZareAfifi are pictured on either side of electrical engineering Professor Sarah Kurtz.

As California Develops More Clean Energy, Researchers Delve Into How to Store it

As California lawmakers consider a package of bills听aimed at increasing the production of clean energy, a major question arises: How would we store all this new power? Storage is a vital issue because while the state can create plenty of energy through...
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Lions consume a giraffe carcass in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania.

Researchers Accurately Model Animals鈥� Hunting, Scavenging Behavior

A group of 国产传媒 researchers modeled predation behaviors, as well as changes in those behaviors, among large carnivores, developing a new theory that will help biologists assess the health of various ecosystems. Department of Life and Environmental...
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