Research

Study examines a million corals one by one in urgent call to save reefs

UCI biologist among data contributors to large, unprecedented project

Fat phobia

New book by UCI sociologist explores the religious and racial origins of society’s obsession with thinness

Drugs commonly taken to improve cognition only boost short-term focus – at high cost

Nonprescribed psychostimulants impair sleep and working memory, UCI-led study finds

Astronomers from UCI and Texas A&M peer into distant black hole’s ‘sphere of influence’

Astronomers at UCI and Texas A&M University have obtained the most detailed view yet of an inner cold gas disk around a distant supermassive black hole. Studying the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 3258 with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array – a powerful radio telescope array in the high desert of northern Chile – the scientists […]

Carol Booth Olson, UCI professor of education

UCI receives record $441 million in research funding for fiscal 2018-19

22 percent more than last year, the total reflects strong support for campus mission

A Prescription for Exercise

UCI research into the mechanisms behind the physical and cognitive benefits of activity could enable healthcare providers to personalize interventions

Call it Mighty Mouse: Breakthrough leaps Alzheimer’s research hurdle

UCI-led study reveals crucial mechanisms contributing to the disease

UCI biologist part of team to sequence of the Komodo dragon genome

New study provides groundbreaking insights into the evolution of lizards

UCI, JPL glaciologists unveil most precise map ever of Antarctic ice velocity

Project utilized 25 years of data from six international satellite missions

UCI stem cell researcher receives $4.8 million CIRM grant to address traumatic brain injury

UCI stem cell scientist Brian Cummings was awarded a $4.8 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the state’s stem cell agency. This grant will support the only CIRM-funded program addressing traumatic brain injury in California. TBIs are a leading cause of death & disability worldwide, and two million Americans annually (230,000 Californians) […]