UCI's education, business and law programs gain ground in grad school rankings
U.S. News’ annual list also shows arts, engineering and medical research in top 50
March 16, 2016
Science & Technology
UCI astrophysicist Asantha Cooray to head NASA group designing future space telescope
NASA has selected UCI astrophysicist Asantha Cooray as community chair of a study group to design and set requirements for a possible successor to the James Webb Space Telescope. The group, which includes scientists and engineers from about 30 leading international research institutions and space agencies, will work over the next three years toward a […]
March 15, 2016
Even plant-supporting soil fungi affected by global warming, UCI study finds
Ecologically rich mountain cloud forests impacted by drying climate
March 07, 2016
Bad vibrations: UCI researchers find security breach in 3-D printing process
Machine sounds enable reverse engineering of source code
March 02, 2016
UCI maps methane leaks across Los Angeles Basin
Mobile measurements pinpoint greenhouse gas hot spots
February 24, 2016
UCI materials engineer wins Presidential Early Career Award
President Barack Obama has named UCI’s Alon Gorodetsky as one of 105 new recipients of the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their careers. Recognition of the assistant professor of chemical engineering & materials science comes with a […]
February 22, 2016
UCI researchers link compulsive Facebook checking to lack of sleep
Study correlates tiredness, bad mood, distractibility and social media browsing
February 04, 2016
UCI engineering students place in top 5 in SpaceX competition
UCI’s HyperXite team beat out nearly 100 others to finish fifth in the international Hyperloop Pod Design competition Jan. 29-30 at Texas A&M University. The Hyperloop is a concept first proposed by Elon Musk and SpaceX to design and build extreme high speed, energy-efficient transportation. University students and independent engineering teams competed in event, vying for the chance to […]
February 02, 2016
Visiting Distinguished Professor Simon Levin to receive National Medal of Science
Simon Levin, a Visiting Distinguished Professor in ecology & evolutionary biology, will receive the National Medal of Science – the nation’s highest scientific honor – at a White House ceremony during the spring. Levin, the George M. Moffett Professor of Biology at Princeton University, studies complex patterns in nature and how they came to be. At […]
January 20, 2016