Celebrating the progress, potential of stem cell research

From Oct. 1 to 3, the Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center joins an international awareness effort, hosting events for local students, the campus community and UCI supporters.

Money exhibit at UCI Libraries

Oct. 5 opening event features talk by Catherine Eagleton, modern money curator at London’s British Museum.

Boosting natural marijuana-like brain chemicals treats fragile X syndrome symptoms

UC Irvine and European scientists have found that increasing natural marijuana-like chemicals in the brain can help correct behavioral issues related to fragile X syndrome, the most common known genetic cause of autism.

Fabricating the future

UCI is at the center of the next wave of advanced manufacturing at the Rapid Tech Center, and it shows as federal officials host a related workshop here.

Dodgeball World Record Match

The Sept. 25 effort, which aims to recruit 7,000 participants, will be hosted by Associated Students of UCI.

Future of 3-D manufacturing unveiled at UCI prior to national conference

Lifesaving medical devices, fun toys and other 3-D printed products will be on display at UCI.

Wendy Liu receives NIH Director's New Innovator Award

The assistant professor of biomedical engineering aims to make implanted medical devices more compatible with the immune system.

UC Irvine professor among Popular Science’s ‘Brilliant 10’ young scientists of 2012

Deva Ramanan is lauded for work boosting computers’ image recognition capabilities.

A laser focus on cell research

Biomedical engineer Elliot Botvinick uses optical tweezers to understand how disease takes hold

Isabella Velicogna

Weighing the Earth’s fate

Using sophisticated satellite technology, Isabella Velicogna documents the ice sheet melt in Greenland and Antarctica. The assistant professor of Earth system science has shown that glaciers are losing mass at an increasing rate — a trend with dire implications for the planet.