UCI scientists are first to observe and image all-important molecular vibrations
Using light focused to size of an atom, they push microscopy resolution to new level
April 03, 2019
Research
The art of healthy persuasion
UCI researcher creates videos and messages to boost vaccination rates and cancer screenings
April 01, 2019
Foundation gives UCI institute $1.4 million gift to study the security of the ‘internet of things’
UCI’s Cybersecurity Policy & Research Institute has received $1.4 million from the Herman P. & Sophia Taubman Foundation to explore emerging threats to the “internet of things,” the vast global network connecting billions of computers, devices, machines and sensors. With everything from voice-prompted apps controlling lighting, heat and appliances in homes to sophisticated factory automation […]
March 28, 2019
On the hunt … for new knowledge
With scholarship support, chemistry grad student Jessica Kelz probes the secrets of carnivorous plants
March 26, 2019
UCI engineers aim to pioneer tissue-engineering approach to TMJ disorders
Solutions have been hampered by past failures, proximity of jaw joint to brain
March 20, 2019
UCI team creates software to help scientists make better sense of data on polar weather
Antarctica and Greenland are dotted with automated weather stations, 30-foot metal tubes equipped with sensors to record temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind speed and other conditions. The outposts gather a lot of useful readings for scientists hoping to understand the transformation of polar environments brought on by climate change, but data formats vary from station to […]
March 20, 2019
UCI ecologist co-authors UN Environment report on impact of plastics on coral reefs
The global fight against ocean plastic pollution will come into sharp focus at the fourth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly this month in Nairobi, Kenya, with Joleah Lamb, assistant professor of ecology & evolutionary biology at UCI, making a key contribution. Lamb, who studies how diseases affect coral reefs, is co-author of a […]
March 14, 2019
UCI professor is awarded $3.7 million in NIH grants for research on neurological disorders
UCI School of Medicine researcher Geoff Abbott, professor of physiology & biophysics, is the recipient of a $2 million Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (R35 grant) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences and a $1.7 million R01 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The five-year grants help enable studies focused […]
March 12, 2019
Grad student working on ‘superbug kryptonite’ wins UCI Grad Slam, will compete systemwide
Many insects are equipped with a natural defense mechanism against harmful pathogens: Their wings are covered with nanoscale spikes – 1,000 times thinner than a human hair – that kill bacteria and fungi cells. UCI’s 2019 winner of the University of California Grad Slam competition is mimicking these antimicrobial surfaces in the lab for potential […]
March 12, 2019
CERN approves UCI-initiated hunt for new particles at the Large Hadron Collider
FASER detector will seek clues pointing to hidden matter in the universe
March 05, 2019