Physical Sciences

UCI initiates NSF-funded joint project utilizing the arts to improve grade school science education

Through an innovative new program developed at UC Irvine, the arts and the sciences – which often occupy opposite ends of the grammar school curriculum – are being integrated to help young students better grasp the basics of Earth, life and physical sciences.

New faculty members

Fresh influx of faculty

School of Medicine claims 14 of 77 new hires

Ara Apkarian

UCI scientists capture first-ever movie of ‘breathing' molecule

Chemists are astounded to see it fluctuate from one quantum state to another

The facts behind science fiction

With Comic-Con looming, UCI professor says our fascination with superheroes provides fertile ground for teaching fundamentals of physics

Words from the wise

Undergraduate, graduate speakers at commencement are both first in their families to earn university degrees

Water spout

Encouraging cross-campus collaboration

Multidisciplinary projects focused on data science, medical humanities and water will be funded under new Interschool Academic Initiative program

John Southon and Benjamin Fuller

Down to the bones

UC Irvine researchers sort out the sticky situation at the La Brea Tar Pits by refining methods for measuring the age of fossils

W.M. Keck Carbon Cycle Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Laboratory

Time travelers

Scientists use radiocarbon dating to analyze everything from the world’s oldest shoe to sediment samples that shed light on global climate change.

A gamble of global proportions

UCI’s Michael Prather is a lead author on the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.

Jenny Yang and Charlene Tsay

Stamping out STEM stereotypes

UC Irvine has long been committed to gender equity in science, technology, engineering and math