Physical Sciences

Fabrication could help unlock new quantum computing and energy technologies

UCI, South American glaciologists characterize protected region with new methods

UCI-led study examines consumption patterns and suggests resilience strategies

Noted cosmologist is currently chair of Department of Physics & Astronomy

Britain’s Royal Society of Chemistry has awarded its Environment Prize to Barbara Finlayson-Pitts, UCI professor of chemistry and co-director of AirUCI, “for outstanding contributions to the chemical sciences in the area of environment, sustainability and energy.” Specifically, she was recognized for her pioneering research revealing new processes in the formation of photochemical air pollution and […]

Physicist joins 34 other UCI faculty members in the prestigious organization

A new episode of The UCI Podcast featuring interviews with two UCI faculty members is now available. The first segment is a conversation on the history of video games through the lens of LGBTQ theory with Bonnie “Bo” Ruberg, assistant professor of informatics. Ruberg’s new book, Video Games Have Always Been Queer, is on shelves […]

Using light focused to size of an atom, they push microscopy resolution to new level

With scholarship support, chemistry grad student Jessica Kelz probes the secrets of carnivorous plants

Antarctica and Greenland are dotted with automated weather stations, 30-foot metal tubes equipped with sensors to record temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind speed and other conditions. The outposts gather a lot of useful readings for scientists hoping to understand the transformation of polar environments brought on by climate change, but data formats vary from station to […]