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Research Reveals Collective Dynamics of Active Matter Systems

March 10, 2020
Flocks of starlings producing dazzling patterns across the sky are natural examples of active matter — groups of individual agents coming together to create collective dynamics. In a study featured on last week’s cover of the journal Science, a team of researchers including a UC...

LA Times: Campuses Close, Modify Learning in Response to COVID-19

March 10, 2020

Strubbe Recognized for Research, Teaching and Service to Department

March 9, 2020
Strubbe Recognized for Research, Teaching and Service to Department Physics Professor David Strubbe has been named a Cottrell Scholar, winning one of only 25 of the prestigious $100,000 grants for his proposal to study the ultrafast properties of materials when they are exposed to light...
Professor Arif with UC Merced Ph.D students

New Tech Will Change How People Use Mobile Devices

March 9, 2020
Two projects from a UC Merced engineering lab are making interactions with mobile devices easier and quicker, especially for blind people. Computer science Professor Ahmed Arif and his students have developed a new way for blind people to be faster and more accurate when entering text, and a...

NPR: SpaceX Successfully Lands 50th Rocket In 5 Years

March 7, 2020

North Bay Biz: Climate in Crisis

March 6, 2020

Premier Gravitational Waves Researcher is Guest Speaker at UC Merced Event

March 5, 2020
Physics Professor Gabriela González is one of the world’s leading researchers in gravitational wave research and the global spokesperson for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Scientific Collaboration which proved one of Albert Einstein’s predictions about the universe....

The Independent:UC Merced, Lawrence Livermore Develop Bond

March 5, 2020

Pellissier Lecture Canceled

March 5, 2020
Because of concerns around the COVID-19 virus, UC Merced leadership has decided to cancel this year's Pellessier lecture, which had been scheduled for Wednesday, March 11. The health and safety of the campus community — including supporters and visitors from the community — is UC Merced's utmost...

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