Physical Sciences

Highlights of 2013 at UCI

Year brings scientific advances, national accolades, international outreach, student achievement … and zombies

The spooky side of science

In the spirit of Halloween, we offer a witches’ brew of peculiar probes and freaky findings by UCI researchers

The Large Hadron Collider at CERN

Scientists celebrate their roles in physics Nobel

Eight UCI physics & astronomy professors are involved in Higgs boson data analysis

Dr. Tallie Z. Baram

Getting inside the child mind

With a major neurology award and $10 million in funding, Dr. Tallie Z. Baram strives to understand early-life brain development

Walking Dead MOOC professors

Academics take on zombies

Offered through Instructure, the free, eight-week MOOC will explore subjects related to math, public health, social science and physics

Sowing the seeds of sustainability

First-of-its-kind summer institute cultivates environmental activism – and leadership skills – among incoming students

On the cutting edge of the cosmos

Recent astronomical discoveries confirm UCI researchers’ role as galactic groundbreakers

Commencement 2013: By the numbers

Figures offer sneak peek at circumstances behind pomp

Donald Blake

Chasing clean air

Led by Donald Blake, UCI scientists have been on a decades-long global quest to measure atmospheric pollution

Dr. Moyra Smith

Making research relevant

Institute for Clinical & Translational Science is committed to transforming ideas into medical reality