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Found in cartilage, bones, blood vessels, skin and other connective tissues, collagens are the most abundant proteins by weight in the human body. In an article published recently in Nature Reviews Materials, UCI biomedical engineering researchers provide an exhaustive description of the superfamily of this biomaterial, which includes 28 subtypes. “Collagen – which has known connections […]

Researchers pull in campus-best $529 million in grants and contracts

Can coronavirus be spread with the flush of a toilet? Can it be detected in municipal waste water treatment facilities? Sunny Jiang, professor and chair in UCI’s Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, is working two simultaneous projects to answer these questions, which she discusses in this episode of the UCI Podcast. To get the […]

Bioinspired research project a first step toward intrinsically translucent tissue

Interdisciplinary team designs, tests, produces and delivers 5,000 units to medical center within 17 days

UCI researchers are part of a national mission to create affordable water treatment solutions

A University of California, Irvine-led team has received $3.6 million over three years for a project that uses science and engineering to help California fight wildfires. The funding comes from the University of California Laboratory Fees Research Program competition, a contest designed to promote the development of multicampus projects and collaborations that advance the missions […]

UCI undergrads partner with faculty in projects promoting sustainability

Gift will aid recruitment, retention, graduation of underrepresented STEM students

UCI Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Enrique Lavernia has been elected a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Lavernia was recognized for his distinguished contributions to materials science and engineering and for his promotion of Chinese-American exchanges and cooperation in the field. He will be inducted in June 2020, during the academy’s annual […]