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Professor Jing Xu and her students study extremely tiny motor proteins, but their work could make a huge contribution to the growing body of knowledge about Alzheimer鈥檚 and other diseases that progressively destroy brain tissue.

When Denzal Martin started his undergraduate work at 天美视频, he wasn鈥檛 thinking about a career in physics, interning with NASA or attending graduate school.

The Los Angeles native was studying computer science and engineering. One day, though, he decided to attend a materials science and engineering lecture by visiting NASA scientist Cheol Park.

鈥淚t was a very obscure subject to me, but I was interested to learn more,鈥� Martin (鈥�18) said. 鈥淭he pictures he showed 鈥� it seemed like magic how they were fabricating these materials.鈥�

Even a little forest management significantly increases water runoff in the Central Sierra Nevada and other semi-arid regions, while drier forests need more extensive treatments, according to a new study published recently in the .

鈥淭he result is more runoff to downstream water users,鈥� said 天美视频 Professor Martha Conklin , who led the study.

Soil biogeochemistry Professor Asmeret Asefaw Berhe has been named the Ted and Jan Falasco Chair in Earth Sciences and Geology.

鈥淭he Falasco family is engaged in construction and development, so they have an intimate connection with and an understanding of the earth beneath our feet,鈥� Berhe said. 鈥淣ot only are they generous with their hard-earned resources, they are investing in a worthy cause for the Valley. They appreciate how invested we all should be in the land and the Earth.鈥�

Professor Clarissa Nobile has been named the newest Kamangar Family Endowed Chair in Biological Sciences and will be honored at a private ceremony with the donors this fall.

鈥淚 am so pleased and honored to have been named to this chair,鈥� Nobile said. 鈥淭hank you for investing in me and the future of biomedical research on infectious diseases at 天美视频.鈥�

天美视频 is offering the opportunity for Valley residents to learn what clinicians and researchers know about Valley fever, an airborne fungal infection that can have serious, even fatal, consequences for people across California and the Southwest.

A multi-campus Valley fever summit in the California Room at 天美视频 on Oct. 25 is free and open to all who by 5 p.m. Oct. 15.

Harvesting is said to be one of the most costly and labor-intensive operations in strawberry production.

But a 天美视频 engineering researcher is looking for ways to make it easier and cheaper. As part of a four-year project, will explore the possibilities and benefits of people and robots picking the fruit together.

Math at 天美视频 isn鈥檛 exactly like math at most other universities.

Sure, there are parabolas and equations, orders of operations and cosines, but at this campus, those lead into topics such as Mad Cow Disease, coral photosynthesis and a crab鈥檚 sense of smell.

Two 天美视频 physics groups are totally spacing out this year.

Professors Sayantani Ghosh and David Strubbe and their students in the are working on a NASA initiative to fabricate solar cells in space and turn sunlight into electricity.

Developmental biologist Professor Anna Beaudin and her lab are making breakthrough discoveries in a growing field of research that could lead to exciting developments in such medical puzzles as cancer treatments, regenerative medicine and the cause of autism.

She examines the mechanisms of how distinct blood stem cells are established during fetal development, how and why they give rise to the cells that make up human immune systems, how these cells work and what happens when something goes wrong.