Month: March 2024

Hikers pad along a trail during a wellness walk in the UCI Ecological Preserve.

Take a walk on the wild side

UCI Ecological Preserve champions biodiversity and community engagement in Irvine

Anne Calof, UCI professor of anatomy and neurobiology; Stephenson Chea, UCI developmental and cell biology graduate student researcher; and Dr. Arthur Lander, UCI Donald Bren Professor and Distinguished Professor of developmental and cell biology.

UC Irvine-led study unlocks the secrets of birth defect origins

Findings offer new targets for early detection and prevention strategies

David Kisailus

Air Force grants $1.5 million to UCI researchers for purchase of new instruments

Tools enable testing of biological and synthetic materials under extreme conditions

Air Force awards $4 million research grant to UC Irvine materials scientists

New project explores use of microbes as mineral extractors in extreme environments

UC Irvine engineers win Air Force grant to study exoskeletons of special beetles

Insect ‘blueprints’ to guide development of new defense and aerospace technologies

Three men.

UC Irvine-led research team discovers role of key enzymes that drive cancer mutations

APOBEC3A and APOBEC3B offer potential new targets for intervention strategies

ZotGPT infographic

UC Irvine launches customized generative artificial intelligence tool

ZotGPT Chat enables faculty and staff to explore AI in a secure environment

Mechanical engineering major Ozzy Aidan Sanchez-Aldana and the workshop where he works on unmanned aerial vehicles.

The sky’s the limit

Undergraduate paves the way for a future career in space exploration

A glacier in a fjord in Greenland.

Grounding zone discovery explains accelerated melting under Greenland’s glaciers

UC Irvine researchers suggest we may be underestimating severity of sea level rise

Lead study authors Adam Thomas (right) and Paulus Bauer (left) hold a brake rotor and caliper next to the lathe they and their UCI team used to measure car brake emissions.

UC Irvine study: vehicle brakes produce charged particles that may harm public health

The work could help efforts to contain an important source of air pollution