Research

UC Irvine study shines headlights on consumer driverless vehicle safety deficiencies

Project demonstrates the low cost and ease of carrying out ‘sticker attacks’

Diego Pizzagalli, head of UC Irvine’s Noel Drury, M.D. Institute for Translational Depression Discoveries.

Demystifying depression

Founding director of collaborative research institute is eager to make a difference

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Increasing public trust in science

Anteater Insider podcast explores the importance of integrity and transparency in academic research

Natalie Binczewski, a UC Irvine Ph.D. candidate in environmental health sciences.

UC Irvine-led study finds possible links between PFAS exposure and childhood cancers

Results underscore value of continued monitoring for drinking water contamination

UC Irvine scientists invent new drug candidates to treat antibiotic-resistant bacteria

The new family of antibiotics may one day help save thousands of lives each year

Third-year microbiology and immunology student Ritwik Kumar researches bacteriophages—viruses that infect bacteria, not human cells.

An antibiotic alternative

In first at UC Irvine, undergrad will use bacteriophages to treat patients with resistant infections

Aomawa Shields standing with arms akimbo in front of dark space backdrop with stars and planets.

UC Irvine astronomers gauge livability of exoplanets orbiting white dwarf stars

Computer model comparison reveals rotational factors contributing to habitability

Head shot photos of two men.

Two UC Irvine faculty members elected to National Academy of Engineering

Kyriacos Athanasiou and Eric Rignot recognized for outstanding research leadership

People on the outside deck of an ocean research vessel at sea.

Climate change is overhauling marine nutrient cycles, UC Irvine scientists say

The research is the first field-based confirmation of such climate impacts

UCI Health’s Dr. Maheswari Senthil (left) and Dr. Farshid Dayyani

Answers for cancers

Annual campus fundraiser supports promising studies, including Stopgap trial