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UCI among 4 universities studying safety of autonomous vehicles in U.S.-funded center

UCI is part of a national research consortium that recently was awarded nearly $2 million by the U.S. Department of Transportation to establish a top-tier university transportation center. Led by The Ohio State University, the Center for Automated Vehicles Research with Multimodal Assured Navigation will investigate and develop solutions to autonomous vehicle safety and security […]

Women with diabetes and high levels of coronary artery calcium at greater risk of death than men

UCI, Cedars-Sinai study is a call-to-action for more aggressive risk factor management

UCI-led study rules out dark matter destruction as origin of extra radiation in galaxy center

Exhaustive emissions modeling by global physicists narrows down particle candidates

UCI and international institutions link Southeast Asia megadrought to drying in Africa

Previously unknown mid-Holocene event led to major changes in human settlement

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UCI develops low-cost, accurate COVID-19 antibody detection platform

Portable imager could massively increase testing across nation by end of 2020

UCI cyber-physical security researchers highlight vulnerability of solar inverters

Device hidden in a coffee cup could destabilize the power grid, triggering a blackout

UCI materials scientists study a sea creature that packs a powerful punch

Mantis shrimp’s dactyl clubs could hold secrets to more resilient surfaces for human use

Cognitive scientist will use NSF grant to study tie between math skills, equity understanding

Nadia Chernyak, UCI assistant professor of cognitive sciences, has received a $736,366 National Science Foundation CAREER grant to investigate how cognitive skills shape our understanding of equity. Previous research suggests that math skills – particularly comprehension of fractions – can help explain whether or not a child understands fairness and inequality. Chernyak and her team […]

Prof. Manabu Shiraiwa and postdoc Pascale Lakey are studying indoor air quality

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With more people staying home, UCI-led research on health effects of indoor air quality takes on new urgency

UCI physicists play a leading role in an international quest to find sterile neutrinos

Collaboration produces most stringent test yet for existence of elusive particles