chemistry

With more people staying home, UCI-led research on health effects of indoor air quality takes on new urgency

Synthetic molecule binds to coronavirus enzyme, blocks key function

Gift will fund research institute devoted to quantum science

In this episode of the UCI Podcast Video Series, Rachel Martin, UCI professor of chemistry, discusses a project in her lab that centers on finding a way to block the ability of the coronavirus to make copies of itself once it’s inside the human body. Martin highlights that the project, which involves postdoctoral scholars, Ph.D. […]

UCI team aims to determine best do-it-yourself protective coverings, finding bandanas more or less useless

Scientists combine their diverse skills in collaborative effort to hobble COVID-19

Professor Greg Weiss and collaborators have developed a method of detecting cancer molecules within minutes, a breakthrough that could save lives

In a discovery that has implications for our understanding of the air we breathe, UCI chemists report that they’ve found nanoscale fragments of fungal cells in the atmosphere. The pieces are extremely small, measuring about 30 nanometers in diameter, and much more abundant than previously thought, the researchers say in a study published this week […]

Jenny Yang, UCI associate professor of chemistry, will use a $1.5 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to help develop methods for the capture and removal of carbon dioxide from flue gases emitted by fossil fuel plants and from air. The funding will support an interdisciplinary team – led by Yang – from […]

Smokers exposed to toxic chemicals, ultrafine particles and carbon monoxide