Research

UCI-led study identifies assets, needs of county’s fastest-growing immigrant community

Uniform treatment masks Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander diversity

Rise in severity of hottest days outpaces global average temperature increase

UCI study also finds megacities affected most by uptick in extreme-heat events

UC receives $10 million Mellon Foundation grant to support advanced humanities research

Gift provides initial endowment funding to sustain core activities on all UC campuses

Wound warriors

UCI alumni, doctor engineer potential stem cell treatment for diabetic foot ulcers

Marine vegetation can mitigate ocean acidification, UCI study finds

Conservation of shoreline plants and seaweeds could, in turn, help preserve shellfish habitats

UCI lands $1 million Keck Foundation grant to develop new RNA tools

Two UCI researchers have received a $1 million grant from the prestigious W.M. Keck Foundation to develop new technologies to study the dynamic properties of key RNA modifications. The grant goes to principal investigator Robert Spitale, assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences, and co-investigator John Chaput, professor of pharmaceutical sciences, chemistry and molecular biology & biochemistry. […]

Less predictable precipitation

Waning influence of once-telling weather patterns altered by global warming skews projections

Earned income tax credit increases women’s earnings over time, study finds

UCI researchers are first to focus on long-term benefits of federal provision

Leila Safavi-Tehrani

Ingenuity Central

UCI Applied Innovation smooths the way for Anteater research to become commercial products and benefit society

Stem cell researchers receive $1.6 million from CIRM for spinal cord injury studies

UCI stem cell researchers have received $1.6 million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to create a new line of neural stem cells that can be used to treat chronicle cervical spinal cord injury. Aileen Anderson, director of the Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center at UCI, will lead the effort. The […]