UCI team gets $5 million to create stem cell treatment for Huntington's disease
CIRM funding will support effort to advance therapy into clinical trials
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A pioneer in her field
Vicki Ruiz to be honored for her contributions to Latino and Chicano history during National Women’s History Month
Heartbroken, but proud
UCI loses close-fought game to Louisville Cardinals 57-55
There's no place like homecoming
50th anniversary event culminates in 77-55 victory by the UCI men’s basketball squad
UCI students jump into basketball season
Nearly 4,000 UC Irvine students marked the beginning of basketball practice season Friday with the ninth annual Shocktoberfest celebration in the Bren Events Center. They watched UCI’s 7-foot-6-inch center Mamadou Ndiaye win the slam-dunk contest with two basketballs at once. The three-point shoot-out this year featured class-based teams comprising one male player and one female […]
Smartphone network could track incoming cosmic rays, UCI-led research finds
Your smartphone could become part of the world’s largest telescope. A team led by UC Irvine physicist Daniel Whiteson and UC Davis physicist Michael Mulhearn has designed an app to turn the global network of smartphones into a planet-sized cosmic ray detector, according to a paper posted today to the physics website arXiv.
Fresh influx of faculty
School of Medicine claims 14 of 77 new hires
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.
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.
Existing power plants will spew 300 billion more tons of carbon dioxide during use
Existing power plants around the world will pump out more than 300 billion tons of carbon dioxide over their expected lifetimes, significantly adding to atmospheric levels of the climate-warming gas, according to UC Irvine and Princeton University scientists.