Science & Technology

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.

Sgt. Frank Sandoval, with his daughter Joelena, on the way to surgery

In the wake of war

New UCI lecturer brings first-hand experience photographing Iraq to a new course on the public health effects of war.

Highlights of 2011 at UCI

UC Irvine students, staff and faculty stepped up in the face of another year of budget challenges and fee increases with continued drive, talent and innovation. The results? More research breakthroughs, national honors and global outreach — even a second dodgeball world record. Here are snapshots of UCI 2011. As always, it was quite a […]

World's lightest metal sitting atop a dandelion fluff

Lighter than a feather and stronger than an ox

In collaboration with HRL Laboratories and California Institute of Technology, UCI engineers construct metal structure 100 times lighter than Styrofoam™.

Vinh Nguyen

Statistically significant

Vinh Nguyen has proven himself a real problem solver.

Humanities Gateway

Humanities Gateway goes platinum

Green Building Council reserved the rating for construction that attains the highest level of sustainability and energy conservation.