Natural gas usage will have little effect on CO2 emissions, UCI-led study finds

Abundant supplies of natural gas will do little to reduce harmful U.S. emissions causing climate change, according to researchers at UC Irvine, Stanford University, and the nonprofit organization Near Zero. They found that inexpensive gas boosts electricity consumption and hinders expansion of cleaner energy sources, such as wind and solar.

All about fall’s new faces

Accomplished, diverse group of students arrives on campus

New QS survey ranks UCI eighth internationally and first in US among universities less than 50 years old

UC Irvine ranks eighth in the world and No. 1 in the nation among international universities under 50 years old, according to a new survey by Quacquarelli Symonds.

UCI-Stanford study finds complex link between income inequality, race

Irvine, Calif., Sept. 22, 2014 – A new study by UC Irvine and Stanford University sociologists shows that issues of income inequality and race are not as black and white as most people in the U.S. think. “Americans have long [considered] whites as the most privileged, highest income earners and blacks as the least,” said […]

Ara Apkarian

UCI scientists capture first-ever movie of ‘breathing’ molecule

Chemists are astounded to see it fluctuate from one quantum state to another

UCI team is first to capture motion of single molecule in real time

Irvine, Calif., Sept. 16, 2014 – UC Irvine chemists have scored a scientific first: capturing moving images of a single molecule as it vibrates, or “breathes,” and shifts from one quantum state to another. The groundbreaking achievement, led by Ara Apkarian, professor of chemistry, and Eric Potma, associate professor of chemistry, opens a window into […]

Brain inflammation dramatically disrupts memory retrieval networks, UCI study finds

Brain inflammation can rapidly disrupt our ability to retrieve complex memories of similar but distinct experiences, according to UC Irvine neuroscientists Jennifer Czerniawski and John Guzowski.

Catherine M. Brock named executive director of The Center for Autism

Catherine M. Brock, a highly regarded clinical and administrative leader in the field of autism spectrum disorders, will become executive director of The Center for Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disorders as of Sept. 15.

Warmer temps may affect how soil stores carbon

A research team that included Steven Allison, associate professor of ecology & evolutionary biology in the Francisco J. Ayala School of Biological Sciences, has found that warmer temperatures shorten the lifespan of soil microbes, and this may affect how soil stores carbon.

A path to the stars

Irvine, Calif., Sept. 3, 2014 – Southern California students who excel in astronomy and physics but are traditionally underrepresented in those fields will soon get a big boost toward earning doctorates at University of California research campuses, thanks to a new mentoring and scholarship program. Cal-Bridge is a consortium of eight California State University schools, […]