Blue-ringed octopus.

UC Irvine engineers invent octopus-inspired technology that can deceive and signal

Unique design approach enables ease of fabrication and self-repair capabilities

Researchers find exoplanet that appears to be too big for its sun

UCI astronomer says the discovery scrambles solar system models

A colorfully lit home exterior under a twilight sky in the early evening.

Building homes for a sustainable world

UC Irvine student engineer teams earn praise for innovation at the Sustainability Decathlon

UCI researchers (from left) Alejandro Camacho, Isabella Velicogna and Steven Allison.

3 UC Irvine professors garner $8.7 million in state support for climate action projects

UC awards total of more than $80 million for progress toward California’s climate goals

Extreme distance learning

Earth system science professor teaches first session of climate change course from Antarctica

F. Sherwood Rowland (left) and Mario Molina, here in their UCI lab in the early 1970s, discovered how the ozone layer was being destroyed.

How UCI saved the ozone layer

Research by F. Sherwood Rowland and Mario Molina is at the heart of a recent U.N. report that the ozone hole is closing

Be green with UC Irvine

Be green with UC Irvine At UCI, sustainability is part of everything we do, from the way we operate our campus, to what we teach in the classroom, through community partnerships and our vital climate change research around the world. Commitment to sustainability World-changing climate research In every school on the UCI campus, you’ll find […]

UCI named top doctoral university, U.S. institution in AASHE’s sustainability index

Three more campus buildings also receive LEEDS Platinum certification

UCI chemists receive $25 million in Department of Energy funding

Researchers will explore new technologies for energy conversion, carbon capture and nuclear power

Circadian rhythm disruption found to be common among mental health disorders

UCI researchers spotlight links and propose investigation into molecular underpinnings