Research

Zhumin Han, Chen Xu, and Chi-lun Chiang

Molecule unmasked

UCI research team pioneers imaging technique that clearly reveals structure, individual chemical bonds

Elizabeth Cauffman

Adjusting juvenile justice

New director of UCI’s Center for Psychology & Law wants social, legal policies to reflect limitations of adolescent brain development

Dr. Richard Van Etten

Leading the way for cancer cures

New Chao center director Rick Van Etten focuses on boosting patient treatments, access

Michael Franz

Fighting off virtual attacks

Inspired by nature, Michael Franz develops new cyber security techniques

Water spout

Encouraging cross-campus collaboration

Multidisciplinary projects focused on data science, medical humanities and water will be funded under new Interschool Academic Initiative program

John Southon and Benjamin Fuller

Down to the bones

UC Irvine researchers sort out the sticky situation at the La Brea Tar Pits by refining methods for measuring the age of fossils

A gamble of global proportions

UCI’s Michael Prather is a lead author on the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.

carbon-dating fossils

Time travelers

Scientists use radiocarbon dating to analyze everything from the world’s oldest shoe to sediment samples that shed light on global climate change

Henry Pontell

Portrait of the cybercriminal as a young man

Computers have given juveniles the ability to engage in the same kind of white-collar offenses as adults, says Henry Pontell

Athina Markopoulou

A perfect balance

An engineer, professor, researcher, entrepreneur, wife and mother finds a second home at Calit2