Southern California’s iconic Joshua trees are in bloom, and California State University, Northridge’s environmental biologists are asking the public’s help in figuring out why and what it means for the trees’ future.
It may still be a few years off, but California State University, Northridge biology professor Rachel Mackelprang is part of a team of scientists who are developing safety protocols for when samples collected from the martian surface by NASA’s Perseverance rover or other missions are brought to Earth.
The research, titled “Marine heatwave decimates fire coral populations in the Caribbean” appears in the latest edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
A team of researchers that includes chemistry students and faculty at California State University, Northridge have just completed a massive computational study of the element iron’s behavior at the Earth’s core. Their findings have caused a fundamental shift in the understanding of how iron reacts under intense pressure.
The acclaimed CSUN Marine Biology program is raising funds so CSUN students can undergo required training before the explore the ocean depths.
CSUN’s Urban Forestry Project is raising funds to plant or give away 300 trees in Altadena this fall.
California State University, Northridge marine biologist Peter Edmunds met for nearly a week earlier this summer with his French and US counterparts in a chateau in France to find ways in which they could continue their research on the coral reefs of French Polynesia, and perhaps identify ways to bolster support for scientific research at a time when politics takes precedence over the search for truth.
Through the CIRM Bridges CSUN Stem Cell Research and Therapy Training Program, students search for scientific breakthroughs.
Cell and molecular biologist Chhandak Basu, a professor at California State University, Northridge, is an expert in plant and microbial cellular responses to climate change and environmental extremes.