Physical Sciences

Federally supported effort is aimed at mitigating bioterrorism threat

NASA has selected UCI astrophysicist Asantha Cooray as community chair of a study group to design and set requirements for a possible successor to the James Webb Space Telescope. The group, which includes scientists and engineers from about 30 leading international research institutions and space agencies, will work over the next three years toward a […]

UCI chemist and partners also discover elevated levels of harmful pollutants

Mobile measurements pinpoint greenhouse gas hot spots

UCI astronomer and physicist Virginia Trimble was a special guest at the National Science Foundation’s major announcement Feb. 12 of the long-sought detection of gravitational waves, a key part of Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity. Trimble was invited by agency director France Cordova to serve as an independent expert on the panel, reflecting their […]

Irvine, Calif., Feb. 11, 2016 — New measurements from a NASA satellite have allowed researchers to identify and quantify, for the first time, how climate-driven increases of liquid water storage on land have affected the rate of sea level rise. A new study by scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., and the […]

UCI is world-renowned leader in experimental particle physics, especially neutrinos

In the spirit of UCI’s forward-thinking founders, campus researchers see beyond the present to create a brilliant future

Record $40 million gift from Sue and Bill Gross addresses growing need in healthcare

UCI oceanographer studies effects of global climate fluctuations on aquatic ecosystems