lasers

Tibor Juhasz honored for discovery that led to laser eye surgery

Inspired by a ruby beam of light, the Beckman Laser Institute co-founder changed science, medicine – and UCI

New techniques to measure coastal topography will improve understanding of flood risk

UCI electrical engineering and computer science researchers are part of a rural wireless connectivity research project that recently received $8 million from the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The funds will help the Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research program establish a new facility in central Iowa dedicated to driving innovation and […]

Optics innovator Thomas Milner is back at UCI as director of the Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic

Low-cost technology could be employed in hand-held devices and ventilation systems

The American Physical Society has awarded Toshiki Tajima, UCI’s Norman Rostoker Chair in Applied Physics, the 2019 Robert R. Wilson Prize for Achievement in the Physics of Particle Accelerators. APS highlighted his fundamental contributions to the invention and realization of laser wakefield acceleration in plasma physics. Applications include ultrafast radiolysis for research in radiation chemistry, brilliant X-rays […]

Laser Associated Sciences has received $50,000 for placing second in primeUC, a systemwide competition for early-stage companies involved in the development of innovative life science technologies. The competition was part of UC President Janet Napolitano’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative, which aims to help startups affiliated with the university. Founded by UCI Beckman Laser Institute graduates […]

– Shaul Mukamel, a UC Irvine Distinguished Professor of chemistry who probes molecular secrets using ultrafast pulses of laser light, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

A research team that includes UC Irvine proposes using a laser mounted on the International Space Station to zap threatening space debris.