Science & Technology

The sweet smell of success

Jessica Pratt is looking for the most cost-effective way to save unique and precious California habitat.

"Parklet" in San Francisco

Retrofitting for fitness

UCI’s master in urban & regional planning program celebrates 20th anniversary.

UCI loses the legendary F. Sherwood Rowland

His research is credited with saving Earth’s critical ozone layer.

Something in the air

UCI-led team makes key discovery about smog in their innovative lab.

Cheng-Wei “Aaron” Chen

Mending a broken heart

UC Irvine doctoral candidate Cheng-Wei “Aaron” Chen’s research using human embryonic stem cells to create a heart patch has earned him a $10,000 2011-12 Public Impact Fellowship.

Geoffrey Bowker

Lab makes digital design more PC

New informatics professor promotes responsible, culturally appropriate digital design.

Scientist pouring liquid into a beaker

Intelligent design

UCI’s new and retrofitted Smart Labs employ occupancy and air-quality sensors to cut energy use by 50 percent.

Fred Tzeng

Little chip, big implications

UCI research produces breakthrough for battery efficiency in medical equipment, automobiles and consumer electronics.

Sweat, tears lead to breakthrough

Chemist Greg Weiss’ personal loss motivates major new scientific work by him and others.

Using water to predict fire

UCI researchers can forecast wildfires using sea surface temperatures.