Physical Sciences

Zuzanna Siwy

‘Zapping’ viruses can speed identification, physicist finds

Physicist Zuzanna Siwy is working on faster identification of viruses to enable earlier treatment.

2011 Lauds & Laurels recipients

Awards presented by UCI Alumni Association at May 12 ceremony.

Danielle Tinkoff, Sasha Richey, Alexis Hickman, Joe Horwath and Sarah Lyon

Building an eco-friendly Empire

New student sustainable science team makes its mark in Western Riverside.

Program fosters future science, math teachers

UCI program helps meet nation’s critical need for more – and better – math and science teachers.

UCI@Home graphic

What’s gobbling energy in your home?

Pilot “smart home” program shows UCI homeowners how they use energy and aims to change their habits.

A “mathlete” competes in Mathcounts regionals

UCI hosts middle school ‘mathletes’

Students exercise their computational skills in regional round of nationwide competition.

Gunther Uhlmann

Famed math professor who researches invisibility joins UCI

Famed math professor who recently joined UCI says breakthrough equations could make invisibility a possibility.

Cactus Wren

Cactus restoration program is for the birds

UCI cactus restoration program aims to boost the population of a rare wren. Biologists are creating a welcoming habitat near campus that they hope will help the species thrive.

Diane O’Dowd

Improving science education

UCI Professor Diane O’Dowd and others argue science teaching is not properly valued.

Tracking precipitation planetwide

Team creates online maps used by foreign countries to predict – and prepare for – intense rainfall.