Science & Technology

In the rainforests of equatorial Asia, the practice of using fire to clear forests and destroy organic soil increases substantially in dry years, releasing huge amounts of climate-warming carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to a new international study analyzing six years of weather and fire observations.

How will Earth's tiniest organisms adapt to climate warming? UC Irvine scientists are consulting bacteria in an effort to find out.

If David Feldman has his way, you could soon be working with water policy managers and scientists to allocate California's precious liquid resource.

UC Irvine and other organizations recently challenged Orange County students to "imagine life without water" and create multimedia projects promoting water conservation in California.

Population growth, climate variations and urbanization have the potential to cause chronic water shortages in a growing number of regions worldwide.

Dr. Gerald Maguire started the world's first clinic dedicated to the medical care of stuttering, and if patients in faraway places can't come to his UC Irvine Medical Center office for treatment, he brings it to them.

Teens who are into texting, gaming and "geeking out" are not wasting their time, according to results from the most extensive U.S. study on young people and their use of digital media.

The first time Fan-Gang Zeng invented a cochlear implant - a device he believed could help thousands regain lost hearing - things didn't work out too well.

Raging wildfires that engulfed Southern California earlier this decade not only destroyed neighborhoods laying in their path, they also caused significant health problems for many who lived outside the fires' reach.

If you can't make it on "Dancing with the Stars," try dancing with technology.