Physical Sciences

Keramet Reiter

UCI’s graduate programs shine in U.S. News & World Report rankings

7 fields of advanced study place in top 10 among public universities on annual list

UCI-led study helps explain Greenland glaciers’ varied vulnerability to melting

More accurate maps of bed topography reveal physical processes controlling retreat

Conversation Kitchen workshop's Jessica Vanroo

8 faculty-led projects funded under UCI Confronting Extremism initiative

Areas of focus are science denialism, our common humanity and critical thinking

Global fisheries to be, on average, 20 percent less productive in 2300, UCI study finds

Warming-induced plankton growth near Antarctica will impair marine food chain

Course of action

UCI among first campuses to offer interdisciplinary UC class fostering climate change solutions

Solar panels cover the roof of UCI’s Student Center Parking Structure.

Wind and solar power could meet four-fifths of U.S. electricity demand, study finds

UCI, Caltech, Carnegie: Investment in greater storage, transmission capabilities needed

UCI oceanographers solve mystery of phytoplankton survival in nutrient-poor Pacific

Essential iron is hoarded and recycled by the climate-regulating aquatic plants

Distant galaxy group contradicts common cosmological models, simulations

UCI, other astronomers find plane of dwarf satellites orbiting Centaurus A

Arctic lakes are releasing relatively young carbon, UCI-led study discovers

Findings paint less dire climate picture, as ancient emissions are more harmful

UCI scientists develop new chemical tool to study RNA structures inside cells

Innovation could advance pharmaceutical, cancer prevention research