Physical Sciences

Santa Ana teen excels at UCI Physics lab summer program.

High school students take part in a highly competitive summer program that lets them live on campus and learn about university life.

Kika Friend helps prepare students in UCI’s California Alliance Minority Participation program for careers in math and science.

Underrepresented students get a head start on research projects and form bonds in UCI summer prep programs.

AirUCI summer workshop aims to inspire seventh- to 12th-grade science teachers so they can inspire their own students.

UCI is among California universities receiving up to $122 million to create fuels from sunlight.

‘Benford beacons’ concept could refocus search for signs of intelligent extraterrestrial life.

This summer, surfers and swimmers will risk more than sunburn — the ocean could make them sick. UCI researchers are testing the waters and working to improve the detection, identification, measurement and elimination of coastal pollutants.

UC Irvine physics & astronomy professor Roger McWilliams often appears to have stepped out of a time machine — from the past. He rides to work on a reproduction vintage bicycle with a wide leather seat and big chrome handlebars. When he does drive a car, it’s a 60-year-old Jaguar that he fixes himself with […]

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