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Issues in transportation, the digital world and healthcare policy will be addressed by UCI social scientists and industry experts.

Social sciences speakers to discuss mid-term elections, California’s business climate, and information overload in the digital age

Highly regarded ranking is the first by the science group since 1995.

A UC Irvine pathology and pharmacology professor, the Hungarian national was made an international member of the medical sciences section.

Feb. 18-19 conference will bring together national leaders to explore innovative approaches and research in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education.

John Hemminger (pictured), UC Irvine physical sciences dean, chaired a national committee that recently released a report on the energy/environment…

Just as humans decide how much of their wealth to spend versus passing it on to their children, stem cells may divide and re-create based on whether it’s more important for them to conserve their genetic identity or pass along a portion of other, nongenetic information to the next generation, according to a paper published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

UC Irvine’s Greg Duncan, a leading scholar in the field of early childhood education and a member of the National Academy of Sciences, has been awarded the 2013 Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize for his groundbreaking work on the lasting effects of childhood poverty on learning. Bestowed by the Zurich-based Jacobs Foundation, the honor comes with 1 million Swiss francs ($1.09 million).

A new study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that identifies critical marine life relies on work done by UC Irvine undergraduates, according to Earth system science professor Adam Martiny, the lead author.

Airborne gases get sucked into stubborn smog particles from which they cannot escape, according to findings by UC Irvine and other researchers published Feb. 21 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.