Faculty

Dr. J. Stuart Nelson from the Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic demonstrates the Dynamic Cooling Device, in 2011.

Lighting the way

How watching a baseball game led to a discovery that made laser surgery possible

Microglia, brain cells

Harnessing the brain's repair crew

With NIH support, UC Irvine scientists are using the brain’s immune cells to reimagine Alzheimer’s treatments

UC Irvine researchers invent a bioelectronic-integrated artificial colon for disease studies, drug screening

Closely matching its human counterpart, replica eliminates need for animal testing

Researchers with the UC Irvine-led study sample dust at the southern edge of the Salton Sea.

Study links wind-blown dust from receding Salton Sea to reduced lung function in area children

UC Irvine-led researchers urge continued monitoring, intervention to mitigate air pollution

Photo of Aileen Anderson, UC Irvine vice chancellor for research
UC Irvine Podcast Indicator

Research realities in the face of funding restrictions

Vice chancellor Aileen Anderson shares what’s happening now and what’s ahead

Girl playing hopscotch on a playground.

The cost of cuts

How federal funding restrictions affect education research

UC Irvine discovery leads to TIME-honored memory device

Michael Leon’s UC-patented research leads to award-winning Memory Air product

Jun Wu, UC Irvine professor of environmental and occupational health

UC Irvine wins NIH grant to study environmental impacts on maternal, child mental health

Research will explore effects of exposure to heat waves, wildfire smoke in Southern California

Designing materials for next-generation propulsion systems

UC Irvine researchers awarded multidisciplinary $2 million grant investigating materials for rotating detonation engines

Eric Rignot standing on a ship with icebergs in the background.

On ice with Eric Rignot

UC Irvine glaciologist looks back on four decades of NASA-funded research on Earth’s vulnerable polar ice sheets