Science & Technology

Jessica and Riley Pratt climb a tree

Putting down roots in the tropics

Generous alumni gift guarantees UCI access to tropical studies program.

Steven White

Quantum leaper

Acclaimed for a breakthrough algorithm, physicist Steven White is now first to model a new state of matter.

UCI law students snapped up for summer jobs

Some are working in a clinic to investigate violations of Verizon workers’ rights in a class-action lawsuit.

Catherine Loudon

Going with the flow

Innovative biology course makes the unseen – and its movement – visible.

Mikael Nilsson

Taking the ‘waste’ out of nuclear waste

While spent nuclear fuel continues to pile up by the ton across the United States, engineering professor Mikael Nilsson says the solution is clear: recycle it at the commercial nuclear power plants that create it.

David Neumark

Not all doom and gloom for Golden State

Study finds weather, geography, industry mix trump traditional business index measures.

Chris Gau trying his luck at the dunk tank

ICS Day offers students some R & R

ICS students celebrate midterm break in inimitable fashion.

Zuzanna Siwy

‘Zapping’ viruses can speed identification, physicist finds

Physicist Zuzanna Siwy is working on faster identification of viruses to enable earlier treatment.

2011 Lauds & Laurels recipients

Awards presented by UCI Alumni Association at May 12 ceremony.

Danielle Tinkoff, Sasha Richey, Alexis Hickman, Joe Horwath and Sarah Lyon

Building an eco-friendly Empire

New student sustainable science team makes its mark in Western Riverside.