Plastics, pathogens and baby formula: What’s in your shellfish?
New UCI-led study finds coastal urbanization increases contamination in seafood
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UCI ecologist co-authors UN Environment report on impact of plastics on coral reefs
The global fight against ocean plastic pollution will come into sharp focus at the fourth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly this month in Nairobi, Kenya, with Joleah Lamb, assistant professor of ecology & evolutionary biology at UCI, making a key contribution. Lamb, who studies how diseases affect coral reefs, is co-author of a […]
Chemists find new way to recycle plastic waste into fuel
Approach tackles most commonly used synthetic plastic
UCI chemists help find way to recycle plastic waste into fuel
Millions of tons of plastic bottles, bags and other trash littering the oceans and clogging landfills could be turned into reusable fuel, thanks to research by the University of California, Irvine and the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry. UCI chemist Zhibin Guan is among those who have figured out how to dissolve the strong bonds of polyethylene […]
Fighting the ocean’s plastic pollution
UC Irvine professor William Cooper follows the trail of plastic debris that’s spreading from the coast to the deep sea.
UCI plastic surgeons repair high schooler’s facial injuries
Kimberly Harris’ face is reconstructed after fall from fourth-floor balcony
A match made in medicine
Graduating UCI medical students learn at festive ceremony where they will first practice as doctors
Surgeon leads overseas medical missions to poor villages
UCI doctor most recently took a group of volunteers to Ecuador
Whittling down waste
UCI is a sustainability superstar in reducing, reusing and recycling – and renouncing plastic
2 UCI researchers named fellows by National Academy of Inventors
G.P. Li and David Reinkensmeyer recognized for beneficial innovations