Public Health

Shedding (fluorescent) light on Ebola

A fluorescent green limb pokes outward from a cell wall under a high-powered microscope. The filament is loaded with VP40, an essential protein in the Ebola virus. The microscope is capturing it budding out in real time. It’s followed by another and another. Those green protrusions may be the means by which the deadly virus […]

Michelle Digman

Shedding (fluorescent) light on Ebola

UCI team uses novel technique to track key protein in deadly virus

Darlene Mulyanto

Fending off the flu

UCI expert discusses facts and fallacies about seasonal scourge and staying healthy through the holidays

Ready for ‘the big one'?

UCI earthquake expert Lisa Grant Ludwig discusses faults, fallacies and the upcoming preparedness event

James Earthman

Playing with fire

Titanium golf clubs can generate sparks, ignite brush in the rough, UCI study finds

Celebrity scientist

In latest honor, UCI engineering professor accepts coveted medal from president of his homeland, India

Ramesh Jain

Focused on the big picture

Computer scientist aims to integrate health data and make it globally available – by phone

Highlights of 2012 at UCI

Year brings scientific advances, national accolades, international outreach, student achievement and loss of campus stalwarts

Professor Daniel Stokols

Online course off to great start

Dan Stokols’ iTunes U course has drawn more than 150,000 subscribers since its debut in June

Sweat, tears lead to breakthrough

Chemist Greg Weiss’ personal loss motivates major new scientific work by him and others.