Research

UCI researchers develop at-home coronavirus saliva test

Low-cost device includes detection technologies housed in Shrinky Dinks children’s toy

Sea anemones find sweet arrangement with under-skin algae for emergency food source

UCI study offers insights into ways tidepool organisms bond to enhance survival success

Megan Peters receives TWCO grant to help consciousness researchers secure funding

Megan Peters, associate professor of cognitive sciences, has received a three-year, $234,000 grant from the Templeton World Charity Organization to enhance and accelerate National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation funding opportunities for consciousness researchers. “This is a complex concept and writing a compelling proposal can be challenging,” Peters says. The project will involve […]

UCI-led study offers new approach for more accurate epidemic modeling

Researchers say using fractional exponents could improve predictions of disease spread

UCI researchers develop rapid antibody generation technology

Method can be used to target SARS-CoV-2 virus

UCI, Tsinghua U.: California's 2018 wildfires caused $150 billion in damages

Study shows health and socio-economic costs extended far beyond burned areas

Gates Foundation grant funds study of factors that prompt youth interest in certain careers

June Ahn, associate professor of education, has received a three-year, $500,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to conduct a study identifying factors that motivate youth toward occupational careers. Ahn and his team will be working with K-12 after-school program educators and participants to gain an understanding of the key experiences that shape […]

Chopsticks were used in the study to help subjects hold one of four facial expressions: A. neutral, B. non-Duchenne smile, C. Duchenne smile and D. grimace.

Smiling sincerely or grimacing can significantly reduce the pain of needle injection

Genuine smile also blunts stress-induced physiological responses, UCI-led study finds

Liquid assets

Interdisciplinary UCI team receives NSF grant to improve water infrastructure

Lucas Hilderbrand, UCI professor of film & media studies and visual studies standing in front of am image of a film reel

What's next: The future of film

COVID-19 is likely to permanently alter the production, distribution and viewing of movies