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In an aeroponic garden on the patio of The Anteatery, leafy greens and herbs are grown for consumption by hungry UCI students.
Features

America’s greenest university

How UCI continues to lead the way in sustainability practices

Melting in a cast iron pan is a pat of butter derived through a chemical process.
Campus News

UC Irvine-led science team shows how to eat our way out of the climate crisis

Researchers explore the benefits of producing farm-free food

Jun Wu, Ph.D., UCI professor of environmental and occupational health
Public Health

UC Irvine-led study links long-term air pollution exposure to postpartum depression in SoCal

Higher suicide risk for moms; infants may develop cognitive, emotional or other impairments

The blended wing body aircraft that the U.S. Air Force has tasked JetZero to build and fly in four years.
Engineering

A revolutionary plane coming soon

Robert Liebeck co-designed the blended wing body aircraft set to fly in 4 years

Wendell Brase
Briefs

Wendell Brase wins 2023 I2SL Phil Wirdzek Leadership Award

Honor recognizes UCI’s pioneering role in energy-efficient laboratory operations
Gifts & Grants

Three UC Irvine engineers involved in Energy Earthshot Initiative

DOE-funded projects will accelerate innovations toward more clean energy solutions
Physical Sciences

UC Irvine scientists reveal what fuels wildfires in Sierra Nevada Mountains

The work could help improve California’s wildfire management efforts
Briefs

California transportation chief visits UCI

Official praises Institute of Transportation Studies research

Snow field with the ITEX snow fence at Toolik Field Station in Alaska.
Physical Sciences

UC Irvine scientists say deepening Arctic snowpack drives greenhouse gas emissions

Insulating effect of deeper snow is thawing ancient carbon permafrost reserves

Tobin Hammer, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, leans over a colony of bumblebees inside a climate-controlled room at UCI. On the shelf by his right arm is a modified hand-held vacuum used to capture escapees.
Biological Sciences

The secret life of bumblebees

UCI scientist uncovers surprising facts about the fuzzy insects