Lives in the balance

Engineering professor Maria Feng works to make structures safer and avoid disasters like the Minneapolis bridge collapse

UCI launches effort to develop patient-specific stem cell lines

UC Irvine neurobiologist Hans Keirstead and his research team today launched a project to develop stem cell lines that genetically match human patients. These lines would allow scientists to better study conditions ranging from diabetes to Parkinson’s disease, and they would provide the basis for potential patient-specific stem cell treatments. Keirstead will use a technique […]

No small feat

UCI’s nanotechnology breakthroughs are tiny but critical steps toward improved health care, communications

Surgical precision

Dr. Ralph Clayman turned a childhood fascination into a lifesaving career

Pushing the edge

Self-described ‘gizmologist’ Simon Penny sees a new culture – and area of study – emerging from the digital age

Inquiring minds

Bruce Blumberg gives undergraduates a firsthand look in his laboratory