Physical Sciences

UC Irvine professor William Cooper follows the trail of plastic debris that’s spreading from the coast to the deep sea.

UCI researchers find disturbing amounts of certain gases above massive Gulf slick. More study is needed.

In breakthrough, UCI chemists create synthetic antibodies that block dispersion of bee venom in bloodstream.

Researchers in UC Irvine’s Center for Cosmology are opening new windows into space and finding lost matter and bright galaxies.

UCI’s new TechPortal smooths the road from invention to successful commercialization of university-based inventions.

Inundated with conflicting advice on how to reduce your carbon footprint? Diane Pataki, associate professor of Earth system science, will clear up the confusion.

UCI hydrologist Jay Famiglietti calls much-needed attention to California’s dwindling groundwater supply.

Global Young Academy, co-chaired by UCI chemist Gregory Weiss, supports, gives voice to world’s junior researchers.

Plants that grow rapidly have poor internal defenses against pests. So it’s ladybugs, and others, to the rescue.

UCI Earth science graduate students created a blog that predicts and explains the science behind Orange County weather.