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Delving into the atomic realm
UCI-built apparatus helps scientists probe the unknown
Sizing up 2017
Record-breaking donations highlight big year at UCI
UCI physics debuts in prime time
If you’re planning on tuning into “The Big Bang Theory” for a few laughs this Thursday evening, you may also get to see how a team of UCI physicists proposes to detect dark matter and forces in the universe. Based on a quirky group of Caltech researchers, the hit CBS TV comedy often features in […]
Ten UCI researchers named AAAS fellows
Honor is conferred for distinguished contributions to their fields
UCI astronomer wins NASA Habitable Worlds grant to study surface reflectivity of exoplanets
Astronomers can learn a lot about planets outside our solar system, including whether they’re capable of supporting life, by studying their surface albedo, or reflectivity. Aomawa Shields, UCI Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy, recently won a grant from the NASA Habitable Worlds program to research this characteristic of planets orbiting relatively […]
Engineers pioneer platinum shell formation process – and achieve first-ever observation
UCI researchers have devised a new method of dynamically forming a platinum shell on a metallic alloy nanoparticle core, a development that may lead to better materials for oxygen reduction reactions in fuel cells that power some cars and electronic devices. In a first, engineers were able to observe the process directly, in real time, […]
UCI celestial census indicates that black holes pervade the universe
Researchers expect more gravitational-wave evidence of collisions in the near future
UCI team helps find evidence for theorized particle
A research team including Jing Xia, UCI associate professor of physics & astronomy, has reported finding firm evidence for Majorana fermions, part of a class of subatomic particles which includes the proton, neutron, electron, neutrino and quark. Publishing their findings this week in Science, the team describes their experiment where researchers from UCI and UCLA […]
UCI astronomer is appointed to chair users committee for James Webb Space Telescope
UCI astronomer James Bullock has been appointed chair of the James Webb Space Telescope users committee. The group, which includes 10 to 14 American, European and Canadian scientists, was established to ensure that the observatory is operated in such a way as to maximize its scientific performance. The JWST, successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, […]