Research

UCI researchers are part of a national mission to create affordable water treatment solutions

UCI researchers have developed a breakthrough cochlear device that could enable hearing-impaired people to detect pitch

Using the Habitable Zone Planet Finder instrument, a team of scientists – including UCI astronomer Paul Robertson – has confirmed that an object previously detected by the Kepler space telescope is an exoplanet, a planet orbiting a star outside our solar system. The team’s findings were published recently in The Astronomical Journal. Called G 9-40b, […]

UCI discovery points to aquaculture potential of the monkeyface prickleback

‘End-to-end’ approach generates favorable results in comparison with classical codecs

A University of California, Irvine-led team has received $3.6 million over three years for a project that uses science and engineering to help California fight wildfires. The funding comes from the University of California Laboratory Fees Research Program competition, a contest designed to promote the development of multicampus projects and collaborations that advance the missions […]

UCI undergrads partner with faculty in projects promoting sustainability

An international team of astronomers, including a researcher from UCI’s Department of Physics & Astronomy, has found an ultramassive galaxy as it existed more than 12 billion years ago. Galaxy XMM-2599 was extremely productive early on – hatching more than 300 billion suns by the time the universe had its 1 billionth birthday (it’s now […]

Neuro-oncologist Daniela Bota’s pioneering work is improving outcomes for patients with the most aggressive form of the disease

Tackling cancer with innovation and compassion at UCI’s H.H. Chao Comprehensive Digestive Disease Center