Month: June 2010

UC Irvine professor William Cooper follows the trail of plastic debris that’s spreading from the coast to the deep sea.

UCI faculty and staff share their summer book selections.

A school-based diet and exercise program UCI researchers helped create shows significant impact in lowering diabetes risks.

In a 2009 study of 13 astronauts who spent four to six months on the International Space Station, the associate professor in residence of radiological sciences found that, on average, astronauts’ hip bone strength decreased 14 percent.

Healthier cafeteria choices, longer and more intense periods of physical activity and robust in-school education programs can lower rates of obesity and other risk factors for type 2 diabetes, according to a national study called HEALTHY.

Award-winning dean of continuing education, discusses the unit’s evolving role in lifelong learning.

UCI researchers find disturbing amounts of certain gases above massive Gulf slick. More study is needed.

Assistant professor Joy E. Pixley was honored for her paper “Life Course Patterns of Career-Prioritizing Decisions & Occupational Attainment in Dual-Earner Couples.”

Irrational optimism or pessimism is linked to a majority of booms and busts occurring since the early 1970s.

UCI’s Ronald D. Hubbard wins for case study in dark particle physics.