The first time Fan-Gang Zeng invented a cochlear implant – a device he believed could help thousands regain lost hearing – things didn’t work out too well. The company that licensed his invention shelved the project. “Today, he says, “it benefits no one.” The hard lesson – that most inventions never reach the consumer – […]
Scientists and policymakers generally agree that solving the world’s most challenging social and public health problems – AIDS, climate change, cancer, obesity and global terrorism among them – requires collaboration among researchers across a variety of fields.
Experts on everything from reconstructing the human hand to interpreting the U.S. Constitution have joined the UC Irvine faculty in the last year.
Lavonne Edwin Cox, the first employee of UC Irvine, died Aug. 26 of complications from a fall. He was 94.…
Lavonne Edwin Cox, the first employee of UC Irvine, died Aug. 26 of complications from a fall. He was 94.…
Dr. Claudia Kawas studies the oldest of the old in Laguna Woods
UC Irvine researchers have discovered a dramatically improved method for genetically manipulating human embryonic stem cells, making it easier for…
University of California, Irvine researchers have identified the chemical switch that triggers the genetic mechanism regulating our internal body clock.
<![CDATA[John Avise, distinguished professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Irvine, has published a new book titled On Evolution.…]]>
Carole Bailey ’74 finds novel way to give back to UCI Libraries