Science & Technology

UC Irvine and UCLA members of Engineers Without Borders construct a house in Tijuana, Mexico.

Building better futures

Student volunteers with Engineers Without Borders aim to improve quality of life in underserved communities worldwide

Gold colored thin film on the wing of a butterfly which is on the end of a human finger.

UC Irvine, Columbia University researchers invent soft, bioelectronic sensor implant

Device conforms to body’s tissues, allowing brain monitoring through development

UC Irvine scientists design bioluminescent RNA

The “RNA lanterns” promise to reveal secrets of viruses and human memory

Giovanna Mancinelli

Preventing bad experiences with digital goods

Endowment award helps Giovanna Mancinelli serve as technology user advocate

A valve for the most vulnerable

‘Star’ Ph.D. student helps develop medical device for children with congenital heart defects

Hamid Jafarkhani (left), Chancellor’s Professor of electrical engineering & computer science, and Jianhua Yu, professor of medicine, hematology & oncology.

Two UC Irvine researchers named fellows by National Academy of Inventors

Hamid Jafarkhani and Jianhua Yu recognized for beneficial innovations

Scientists urged to pull the plug on ‘bathtub modeling’ of flood risk

UC Irvine and University of Bristol researchers recommend analysis of complex factors

UC Irvine researchers reveal superconductivity secrets of an iron-based material

Findings could spur advancements in quantum computing and electronics

Eric Patrick wearing a UC Irvine sweatshirt.

On his game

Scholarship recipient revels in creating digital experiences for other players

Two people walking through burned trees in a forest landscape.

California wildfires have become more severe, killing more trees, UC Irvine researchers find

More state forests are vulnerable to wildfire due to climate change