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Studying a nearby exoplanet

UC Irvine physics & astronomy researchers explore a “super Earth” in a nearby solar system

Planet and star in deep space. Super-Earth with ocean. Sunrise on a blue Earth-like planet.
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UC Irvine astronomers discover nearby exoplanet in habitable zone

The team found that the surface may have liquid water on its surface – a necessary ingredient for life

UC Irvine Professor and Chair of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Cameron Carter.

UC Irvine's Cameron Carter is elected to National Academy of Medicine

Distinguished Professor is recognized for advances in cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry

Dr. J. Stuart Nelson from the Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic demonstrates the Dynamic Cooling Device, in 2011.

Lighting the way

How watching a baseball game led to a discovery that made laser surgery possible

Microglia, brain cells

Harnessing the brain's repair crew

With NIH support, UC Irvine scientists are using the brain’s immune cells to reimagine Alzheimer’s treatments

UC Irvine researchers invent a bioelectronic-integrated artificial colon for disease studies, drug screening

Closely matching its human counterpart, replica eliminates need for animal testing

Researchers with the UC Irvine-led study sample dust at the southern edge of the Salton Sea.

Study links wind-blown dust from receding Salton Sea to reduced lung function in area children

UC Irvine-led researchers urge continued monitoring, intervention to mitigate air pollution

Photo of Aileen Anderson, UC Irvine vice chancellor for research
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Research realities in the face of funding restrictions

Vice chancellor Aileen Anderson shares what’s happening now and what’s ahead

Girl playing hopscotch on a playground.

The cost of cuts

How federal funding restrictions affect education research

UC Irvine discovery leads to TIME-honored memory device

Michael Leon’s UC-patented research leads to award-winning Memory Air product