Year: 2016

UCI vice chancellor speaks at Compton High School on higher ed opportunities

Visit is part of continuing effort to further increase diversity among UC undergrads

Proteins secreted by beneficial gut microbes shown to inhibit salmonella, invasive E. coli

UCI study finds that microcins help block illness-causing bacteria in inflamed intestines

Peter Burke

UCI, other researchers shed light on process of programmed mitochondrial cell death

Use of graphene sensor also reveals 2 electrochemical gradients in energy production

UCI chemist Shane Ardo named one of 5 inaugural Moore Inventor Fellows

$825,000 in funding will help advance his solar-powered desalination innovation

UCI vice chancellor to speak at Compton High School on higher ed opportunities

Visit is part of continuing effort to further increase diversity among UC undergrads

Training camp becomes training ground

Film & media students get real-life experience aiding TV show crew covering Rams on campus

UCI study finds acupuncture lowers hypertension by activating opioids

Researchers with UCI’s Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine have found that regular electroacupunture treatments can lower hypertension by increasing the release of a kind of opioid in the brainstem region that controls blood pressure. In tests on rats, UCI cardiology researcher Zhi-Ling Guo and colleagues noted that reduced blood pressure lasted for at least […]

UCI engineer on team awarded $1.26 million for radio spectrum research

Hamid Jafarkhani is part of a four-institution research team recently awarded a three-year $1,258,741 National Science Foundation grant to enhance the public’s access to radio frequencies – the part of the electromagnetic spectrum used to facilitate telecommunications and modern information systems essential for public safety, transportation and national defense. Jafarkhani, a Chancellor’s Professor of electrical engineering & computer […]

Scary cinema: East vs. West

Dissecting the differences between Asian horror films and Hollywood remakes

UCI and NASA document accelerated glacier melting in West Antarctica

Study findings will help improve predictions about global sea level rise