Research

Amir AghaKouchak

Amir AghaKouchak to receive American Geophysical Union's Macelwane Medal

The American Geophysical Union will award its 2019 James B. Macelwane Medal to Amir AghaKouchak, UCI professor of civil & environmental engineering. The medal is given annually to a small group of early career researchers for significant contributions to the geophysical sciences. The AGU recognized AghaKouchak for his fundamental and innovative contributions to the study of […]

microscopic image of cells

Link between brain immune cells and Alzheimer's disease development identified

UCI study finds absence of microglia prevents plaque formation

Online brain games can extend in-game ‘cognitive youth' into old age, UCI-led study finds

Training enables seniors to multitask mentally on par with those 50 years younger

In first-of-its-kind study, UCI researchers highlight hookah health hazards

Smokers exposed to toxic chemicals, ultrafine particles and carbon monoxide

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