Research

UC Irvine biomedical sciences Ph.D. candidate Elizabeth Andrews in a lab looking into a microscope.

From idea to impact

UC Irvine researchers are turning discovery into real-world change

Antarctic ice shelf and ocean.

UC Irvine team track massive ice loss from Berry Glacier in West Antarctica

Satellite data enabled scientists to see the intrusion of warm water in subglacial cavities

Saurabh Chatterjee, UC Irvine professor of environmental and occupational health, and medicine.

Honoring veterans through science

UC Irvine professor dedicates his research career to helping those with Gulf War syndrome

Falling Leaves Foundation Medical Innovation Building

Building Breakthroughs

UC Irvine opens the doors to one of the largest interdisciplinary discovery and translational research hubs on the West Coast

Illustration featuring profile of woman with foliage

Fueling Hope

Outpouring of gifts a decade ago serves as critical bridge funding for promising research advancements against aggressive triple-negative breast cancer

Sun setting over a wide city view.

UC Irvine scientists devise method for cities to measure greenhouse gas emissions

Municipalities may employ the tool to evaluate initiatives to curb emissions

Crystal Cove State Park’s Pelican Point beach in Newport Beach, California.

UC Irvine Climate Collaboration announces inaugural team project grants

Five interdisciplinary projects address climate resilience, wildfire risk, drought detection and natural infrastructure adaptation

An electric car in a driveway in front of a house.

Vehicle-to-home charging technology launches for the mass market

UC Irvine researchers study systems’ benefits, including lower costs and reduced air pollution

UCI’s Chief Innovation Officer Errol Arkilic. Beall Applied Innovation

A hub of invention

Beall Applied Innovation powers UC Irvine’s culture of innovation and entrepreneurship

UC Irvine researchers find new Alzheimer's mechanism linked to brain inflammation

Discovery reveals long-studied receptor is built differently than previously understood