Press Releases

Jane Baldwin

UC Irvine scientists develop freely available risk model for hurricanes, tropical cyclones

The model could help countries around the world estimate storm impacts and costs

Maksim Plikus

UC Irvine-led researchers reveal new molecular mechanism for stimulating hair growth

Findings may offer road map for next generation of therapies for androgenetic alopecia

UC Irvine to lead multi-institutional study of single-cell vulnerabilities to Alzheimer's disease

Campus awarded $10 million NIH grant to analyze early-stage impact of tau protein deposits

Students walk along the student center terrace during the first day of fall classes on the UCI campus.

UC Irvine joins Unizin consortium to enhance student success

Collaborative approach fosters knowledge sharing, yields scalable solutions

Grapevines in the campus vineyards at the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science at UC Davis.

Study reveals potential breakthrough in grapevine disease resistance

UC researchers pave way for climate-adaptive agriculture

Alana LeBrón (left) and Jun Wu (right).

UC Irvine receives grant to study lead exposure effects on children's learning, behavior

Santa Ana-based project continues past successful community-academic partnership

UC Irvine scientists create long-lasting, cobalt-free, lithium-ion batteries

The finding promises to help manufacturers move beyond controversial metal

Photo of Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tuscon, Arizona.

Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument early data release holds nearly 2 million objects

UC Irvine-led mission’s cosmic maps include galaxies, quasars and stars in the Milky Way

Vivek Swarup

UC Irvine neuroscientists develop ‘meta-cell' to move Alzheimer's fight forward

New process reveals single-cell secrets for novel therapeutic targets

Photograph of a wildfire in the mountains above Orange County, California.

Human-caused climate change to blame for increase in California's wildfires

Study by UC Irvine, other universities points to growth in burn area through 2050