Research

Huolin Xin is awarded $2.5 million grant to research next-generation lithium-ion batteries

Huolin Xin, UCI assistant professor of physics & astronomy, has been awarded $2.5 million by the U.S. Department of Energy to advance research in next-generation lithium-ion batteries. His project is one of 42 supported by an $80 million fund for promising vehicle technologies to enable more affordable mobility, strengthen domestic energy security, reduce our dependence […]

Paddling toward a more accessible future

Mark Baldwin’s hands-on research is helping visually impaired rowers enjoy their sport in new and exciting ways

UCI scientists simplify and accelerate directed evolution bioengineering method

Technological innovation can be used to rapidly make new antibodies and pharmaceutical enzymes

Researchers discover that climate change is improving U.S. farmers' corn yields - for now

Corn farmers in the U.S. have seen a fivefold increase in crop yields since the 1940s. Advances in farm technology have largely been credited for the production boost, but a study published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by UCI, University of Minnesota and Harvard University researchers shows that climate change […]

New immunotherapy technique can specifically target tumor cells, UCI study reports

“Lab on a chip” technology can be used to create individualized treatments for cancer

Jan Hirsch named founding dean of planned School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences

Renowned leader from UC San Diego will help drive research, delivery innovations at UCI

UCI scientists discover technique for manipulating magnets at nanoscale

Physicists from the University of California, Irvine have discovered a new way to control magnets at the nanometer scale by electric current. This breakthrough, detailed in a paper published today in Nature Nanotechnology, may pave the way for the next generation of energy-efficient computers and data centers. “There is growing interest in using magnetic nanoparticles […]

Shaking up the shark's image

UCI Ph.D. candidate makes headlines with discovery of ‘vegetarian’ species of the feared carnivores

UCI MIND gets grant to identify compounds that reduce brain damage seen in Alzheimer's

The UCI Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Orange County Community Foundation’s S.L. Gimbel Foundation Fund. The money will support the testing of 1,200+ FDA-approved compounds to gauge their effectiveness in preventing microglia from destroying brain synapses. Such damage “is seen frequently in patients with Alzheimer’s […]

UCI receives $14.7 million grant to expand its successful literacy outreach project

Secondary school intervention program will spread from California to six other states