Researchers propose zapping space debris with laser
A research team that includes UC Irvine proposes using a laser mounted on the International Space Station to zap threatening space debris.
A research team that includes UC Irvine proposes using a laser mounted on the International Space Station to zap threatening space debris.
Planet Earth is surrounded. Thousands of tons of dangerous space debris circles in low orbit, threatening serious damage, even death, if any were to strike the International Space Station. A proposal by a research team that includes UC Irvine could be the answer. In a paper published Friday, April 24, the scientists describe a device […]
Top researchers, public officials and policymakers converge at UCI to discuss extreme water shortages and how to handle them
Twenty-seven faculty, staff and students from UC Irvine are part of the Large Hadron Collider’s ATLAS experiment team.
With a $2.8 million grant, UCI assistant professor of chemical engineering & materials science Alon Gorodetsky and colleagues are working with Under Armour to create a fabric based on the adaptive principles of squid skin that will enable wearers to regulate their own temperature.
Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic director Bruce Tromberg has received the Michael S. Feld Biophotonics Award from The Optical Society. One of 15 prestigious awards bestowed by the society in 2015, it recognizes individuals for their innovative and influential contributions to the field of biophotonics. A UCI professor of surgery and biomedical engineering who runs […]
Abigail Reyes divides her life into two parts, “B.T.” and “A.T.” – before Terence and after Terence. In February 1999, Terence Unity Freitas, an environmental activist and her “partner in work and love,” was kidnapped and murdered in Colombia. At the time, he was working to halt the plans of major oil companies to drill […]
An expedition to Greenland with UCI glaciologists reveals ‘time bomb’ effects of global warming
He cites innovation, expansion and partnerships as key to further enhancing campus’s excellence, impact and global preeminence
CIRM funding will support effort to advance therapy into clinical trials