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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

March 12, 2024
Richard Matthew (left), UCI professor of urban planning and public policy, Alec Glasser (center), founder and CEO of The Drake Gives and Jon Gould (right), dean of UCI’s School of Social Ecology.

The Drake Gives contributes $1.5 million to UC Irvine's Power of Music initiative

New School of Social Ecology effort will leverage music for social good

March 07, 2024
Man smiling

Dr. Robert McCarron shares UCI program success with Congressional committee

Train New Trainers Primary Care Fellowships expand delivery

March 01, 2024

Autonomous vehicle technology vulnerable to road object spoofing and vanishing attacks

UC Irvine researchers find security flaws in first- and next-generation LiDAR systems

February 29, 2024
Parry’s Phacelia, a plant with purple flowers, native to Southern California, grows beneath burnt brush.

Study finds drought fuels invasive species after wildfires

UCI biologists highlight critical link between drought, wildfires and coastal ecosystem transformations

February 28, 2024
Philip Kiser, UCI associate professor of physiology & biophysics as well as ophthalmology,

UC Irvine study shows similarities and differences in human and insect vision formation

Discovery offers insights into retinal disease origins and potential therapeutic targets

February 22, 2024

UC Irvine researcher receives award from his homeland, the Republic of Cyprus

Kyriacos Athanasiou was honored for his pioneering contributions in biomedical engineering

February 16, 2024

UCI Health and Lifepoint Rehabilitation break ground on rehabilitation hospital

New inpatient facility in Irvine will enhance rehabilitation services in Orange County

February 16, 2024
Bill Tomlinson, UCI professor of informatics

UC Irvine researcher authors ‘scientists' warning' on climate and technology

Academics explore roles of clean energy and AI in combating global warming

February 15, 2024
The UCI School of Medicine team members who helped develop new viral vectors that will advance neural circuit mapping include, from left, front row: Michele Wu, Alexis Bouin, Ginny Wu, Qiao Ye and Xiangmin Xu; back row: Todd Holmes, Bert Semler, Orkide Koyuncu and Liqi Tong.

UC Irvine-led research team creates novel rabies viral vectors for neural circuit mapping

New tools can detect microstructural changes in aging and Alzheimer’s disease brain neurons

February 14, 2024