Research

Avatars summarize students’ progress on research projects in a UCI course that takes place in a fantastical 3D online environment called Anteater Island.

Anteater Island

Anthropology professor teaches class on digital cultures by creating his own virtual community – where COVID-19 isn’t a threat

Global glacier melt raises sea levels and depletes once-reliable water source

UCI/NASA JPL scientists use satellite gravity measurements to monitor ice changes

Tom Boellstorff awarded NSF grant to study impact of digital social interactions on post-pandemic life

Tom Boellstorff, UCI anthropology professor, has been awarded a one-year, $195,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study how COVID-19 has reshaped online social interactions and the role virtual worlds may play in social relationships post-pandemic. An unprecedented number of people have been socializing online due to the coronavirus crisis. Boellstorff and his team […]

UCI professor receives NIH grant to develop model to explain child neurobehavioral disorders

Michael Lee, UCI professor of cognitive sciences, has been awarded a five-year, $81,956 grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop mathematical models of brain activity to help understand behaviors in children diagnosed with ADHD and other neurobehavioral disorders. His work is part of a larger study being conducted by Vinod Menon, the director […]

Ilhem Messaoudi Powers, associate professor of molecular biology & biochemistry, who’s leading a study of UCI Health workers’ exposure to COVID-19.

Couple on the coronavirus front lines

UCI virologist and her pulmonologist husband balance pandemic response with parenthood

Dr. Peter Chang, a UCI Health neuroradiologist who designed the algorithm and is co-director of UCI’s Center for Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostic Medicine said "In the course of just a month or so, we’ve gotten the data, built the model, tested it on some cohorts and launched it on a website.”

Predicting a patient's path

UCI-developed machine learning tool aids doctors’ decision-making

UCI Earth system scientist helps quantify drop in carbon emissions during pandemic

Scientists who normally study how human activities impact the planet have been given a rare opportunity over the past few months to observe what happens when industry, transportation and other sources of carbon emissions are curtailed. Steve Davis, UCI associate professor of Earth system science, is part of an international cohort of researchers measuring the […]

UCI physicists exploring use of Blu-ray disc lasers to kill COVID-19, other viruses

Low-cost technology could be employed in hand-held devices and ventilation systems

National institute awards $20 million in renewed funding to forensic science center

UCI researchers contribute expertise in criminology, statistics and computer science

UCI and County of Orange partner on large-scale COVID-19 infection survey

Results will help determine true prevalence and inform lifting of local lockdown