Research

NSF grant funds study of partisanship’s effect on health behaviors during coronavirus crisis

Sara Wallace Goodman, UCI associate professor of political science, has received a $53,030 grant from the National Science Foundation to study how partisanship affects individual health behaviors in response to the  COVID-19 pandemic. In March and April, Goodman and her team conducted a survey that coincided with the first peak incidences and lockdown orders in […]

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UCI Podcast: Life after the pandemic

Public health researcher Andrew Noymer discusses the ‘new normal’

Milky Way could be catapulting stars into its outer halo, UCI astronomers say

Findings may change fundamental thinking about star system formation, dynamics

Finding effective face mask fabric

UCI team aims to determine best do-it-yourself protective coverings, finding bandanas more or less useless

UCI team develops smartphone application for coronavirus contact tracing

Technology anonymously notifies users of potential exposure to COVID-19

UCI-led team designs carbon nanostructure stronger than diamonds

Novel plate-cell architecture reaches theoretical limit of performance

UCI biologist seeking to save coral reefs honored by Ecological Society of America

Joleah Lamb, a UCI biologist who studies the impact of infectious diseases on the oceans, has been named an Early Career Fellow by the Ecological Society of America, the world’s largest association of professional ecologists. Early Career Fellows are chosen based on their advanced ecological knowledge and applications as well as potential to make notable […]

Coronavirus Twitter map developed at UCI displays social media reactions to COVID-19

To give the public a sense of how social media conversations about COVID-19 are happening in real time, UCI computer scientists have developed and launched a coronavirus Twitter map. The interactive resource visualizes the spatial and temporal distribution of tweets related to the pandemic, allowing users to view the growth and transformation of social media […]

Turning colon cancer cells around

UCI study finds supplement inhibits cell growth

Chemistry faculty launch antiviral research project

Scientists combine their diverse skills in collaborative effort to hobble COVID-19