Big quakes more frequent than thought on San Andreas fault.

Study finds they’ve occurred every 45 to 144 years, most recently in 1857.

UCI biophysicist Shin Lin leads a tai chi class

Tai chi expert goes with the flow

Biophysicist Shin Lin explores the science behind the mind-body practice of tai chi.

Astrophysicist Gregory Benford

Finding frugal aliens

‘Benford beacons’ concept could refocus search for signs of intelligent extraterrestrial life.

Computerworld

UCI’s Ronald D. Hubbard wins for case study in dark particle physics.

Pierre Baldi

Award recognizes significant contributions to the field of neural networks.

Gas centrifuge plant

Laser-based uranium enrichment risky

Risks of laser-based uranium enrichment outweigh rewards, says UCI economist Linda Cohen.

Elusive dark matter

UC Irvine researchers say that the link between dark matter and discovery of excess positrons in space is not concrete, despite a flurry of excitement in the field of astrophysics.

Telescope tuner’s focus: sharper images

UCI physicist Gary Chanan focuses on fine-tuning the world’s largest telescopes.

Jeff Barrett

A quantum leap forward?

With $160,000 from the National Science Foundation, Jeff Barrett and colleagues are combing through, scanning and preserving documents they hope will shed light on how to understand measurement as a consistent physical process in quantum mechanics – one of physics’ most debated puzzles that Everett believed he had solved as a graduate student.

Barrett physics

With $160,000 from the National Science Foundation, Barrett and colleagues are combing through, scanning and preserving documents they hope will shed light on how to understand measurement as a consistent physical process in quantum mechanics – one of physics’ most debated puzzles that Everett believed he had solved as a graduate student.