Research

Two Henry Samueli School of Engineering scientists win DOE early career awards

Funding will support research in advanced energy and materials science technologies

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UCI Podcast: Why are people hesitant to get the COVID-19 vaccine?

Suellen Hopfer discusses local attitudes to the COVID-19 vaccine

Efforts to treat COVID-19 patients chronicled in UC Health medications data

UCI and UCSD researchers tracked drug usage rates throughout the pandemic

Cognitive scientist Aaron Bornstein receives National Institute on Aging grant

Cognitive impairments due to normal aging may leave some older adults vulnerable to exploitation when making complex decisions with long-term impacts – like those pertaining to medical care and finances. Understanding what these impairments are and how they may be mitigated is the focus of a new UCI study led by Aaron Bornstein, cognitive sciences […]

Brian Fargo and Dr. Hamid Djalilian

Brian Fargo, inXile founder, gives $1 million to advance UCI research for tinnitus treatment

Funding will support development of innovative implantable electronic stimulation device

UCI-led team challenges existence of recently proposed exoplanet at Barnard’s star

Instrument designed to find distant worlds is used to determine the absence of one

Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument team begins 3D mapping of universe

UCI astronomers help gather and study data from more than 30 million galaxies

UCI commentary expands understanding of how transplanted stem cells address disease

UCI scholars Zachary W. Wagoner, a graduate student researcher in cellular & molecular biosciences, and Weian Zhao, professor of pharmaceutical sciences, have identified a new mechanism by which transplanted stem cells treat disease. Their findings are contrary to the long-standing conventional wisdom that diseased tissue is repaired through stem cells differentiating into new cells or […]

The white-tailed kite bird.

Iconic bird makes its home on campus

Julie Coffey takes us on the trail of UCI’s white-tailed kites

UCI researchers win $2 million NIH grant to develop biologic implant for spinal facet joints

The National Institutes of Health has awarded $2 million to researchers in UCI’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering to develop a biologic implant for the spinal facet joint. This grant, given to a team led by Kyriacos Athanasiou, Henry Samueli Chair in Engineering and Distinguished Professor of biomedical engineering, will be the first to focus […]