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UCI researchers have developed a breakthrough cochlear device that could enable hearing-impaired people to detect pitch

Using the Habitable Zone Planet Finder instrument, a team of scientists – including UCI astronomer Paul Robertson – has confirmed that an object previously detected by the Kepler space telescope is an exoplanet, a planet orbiting a star outside our solar system. The team’s findings were published recently in The Astronomical Journal. Called G 9-40b, […]

‘End-to-end’ approach generates favorable results in comparison with classical codecs

UCI undergrads partner with faculty in projects promoting sustainability

An international team of astronomers, including a researcher from UCI’s Department of Physics & Astronomy, has found an ultramassive galaxy as it existed more than 12 billion years ago. Galaxy XMM-2599 was extremely productive early on – hatching more than 300 billion suns by the time the universe had its 1 billionth birthday (it’s now […]

Machine learning Earth system model projects growth in lower latitudes by 2100

Community involvement, high-resolution maps lead to improved risk management

UCI astronomer Paul Robertson recently celebrated “first light” for NEID, a new exoplanet hunting instrument he helped develop. Installed at the 3.5-meter WIYN telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert, NEID is an extremely precise radial velocity spectrometer. Its initial observations were of 51 Pegasi, a sunlike star that, in 1995, was […]

Retaliation comes naturally to children, while positive reciprocity must be learned, says UCI cognitive scientist

Perception of high status is linked to easier transition to adulthood, UCI-led study finds