Physical Sciences

‘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.

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.