Research

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

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

The finding promises to help manufacturers move beyond controversial metal

Photograph of UCI Assistant Professor Quinton Smith

Quinton Smith named 2023 Pew Scholar in the Biological Sciences

Quinton Smith, UC Irvine assistant professor in chemical and biomolecular engineering, has been named a 2023 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences. The Pew Charitable Trusts supports outstanding biomedical researchers at the start of their careers. Pew has honored this year’s group of 22 early-career scientists by furnishing four years of funding for the pursuit of […]

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

Bill Maurer
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UCI Podcast: What’s next in the School of Social Sciences?

Dean Bill Maurer looks ahead to his next five-year term leading UCI’s largest student-populated school

Federico Vaca in a lab coat.

Bilingual, digital health tool helps reduce alcohol use, UC Irvine-led study finds

Large-scale, randomized clinical trial is first of its kind focused on Latino participants

UC Irvine engineers invent a way to 3D print optical-grade glass at the nanoscale

Innovation enables on-chip manufacturing for technologies in medicine, communications and other applications

Dana Mukamel

Nursing home dementia residents’ care linked to majority presence, UC Irvine-led study finds

Heterogeneous populations found in most facilities, highlighting need for specialized training