Research

UC Irvine discovery leads to TIME-honored memory device

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

Jun Wu, UC Irvine professor of environmental and occupational health

UC Irvine wins NIH grant to study environmental impacts on maternal, child mental health

Research will explore effects of exposure to heat waves, wildfire smoke in Southern California

Eric Rignot standing on a ship with icebergs in the background.

On ice with Eric Rignot

UC Irvine glaciologist looks back on four decades of NASA-funded research on Earth’s vulnerable polar ice sheets

Fears about NASA funding

Galaxy, exoplanet and dark matter studies by UC Irvine physics and astronomy researchers are facing potential cuts

Leslie M. Thompson, Donald Bren Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior and Neurobiology & Behavior at UC Irvine.

CIRM awards UC Irvine neuroscientist another $2 million for Huntington's disease research

Goal is to determine why the fatal condition destroys some brain cells but spares others

Michael Yassa group demonstrating MRI brain scan technology in FIBRE lab.

Brain shape changes could offer early warning signs of dementia

UC Irvine research shows that the brain’s shifting geometry is tied to memory loss, dementia risk

Photo of Julie Washington, professor and interim dean of UC Irvine's School of Education
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Julie Washington on her love of language and the future of teaching

Interim dean of education discusses the pros of AI and perseverance

Michael Demetriou

Unique pan-cancer immunotherapy destroys tumors without attacking healthy tissue, UC Irvine study shows

Next step is testing ‘holy grail’ therapy’s safety and effectiveness in patients

Wen Public Health receives $1.9 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Environmental toxicology researcher to unlock how early development shapes health

Zhongping Chen, UC Irvine professor of biomedical engineering

UC Irvine team receives $3 million NIH award for revolutionary deep tissue imaging

Funding backs four-university research effort to solve perennial issue of light scattering