Tsai receives distinguished alumnus award

Chen Tsai, professor of electrical engineering and computer science at UC Irvine, was recently awarded the 2007 Distinguished Alumnus Award…

Getting the vote out

Alumna Lindsay Hopkins finds her passion as political director of the Democratic Party of Orange County

Genetic switch for circadian rhythms discovered

University of California, Irvine researchers have identified the chemical switch that triggers the genetic mechanism regulating our internal body clock.

School of Medicine to break ground on state-of-the-art telemedicine center

Medicine in the future won’t be limited to the hospital setting. Emerging digital technologies are creating a field called telemedicine, which is helping bridge one of the largest gaps in healthcare today – access to high-level, specialized care for people who live in rural or remote areas. To help accelerate this evolution, the University of […]

Herbal extract found to increase lifespan

The herbal extract of a yellow-flowered mountain plant indigenous to the Arctic regions of Europe and Asia increased the lifespan…

Greater parental guidance suggested for noisy toy use

Irvine, Calif., December 4, 2007 The High School Musical Rockerz Jammin Guitar and the Cheetah Girls In Concert Collection Doll may be what kids want most this holiday season, but if parents aren’t careful about how these and other popular toys are used, a season of joy might turn into a lifetime of hearing loss […]

Peace talks (2)

John Whiteley has been on a decades-long quest to find out how – and if – peace can be achieved in the nuclear age

Study shows how embryos regulate vitamin A derivatives

Human embryos that get too much or too little retinoic acid, a derivative of vitamin A, can develop into babies…

Center of attention

Built on a grand scale, a new student center becomes the campus’s long-awaited social hub

Peace talks (1)

John Whiteley asks how – and if – peace can be achieved in the nuclear age