KEYWORD

materials science & engineering

UC Irvine engineers invent a way to 3D print optical-grade glass at the nanoscale

Innovation enables on-chip manufacturing for technologies in medicine, communications and other applications

UCI engineers push nanostructure properties to new extremes

Applications for strong and lightweight materials range from aviation to medical implants

UCI scientists observe effects of heat in materials with atomic resolution

Research will benefit design of future electronic and thermoelectric technologies

UCI scientists measure local vibrational modes at individual crystalline faults

Breakthrough research made possible by advanced microscopic techniques

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UCI materials scientists discover design secrets of nearly indestructible insect

Southern California’s diabolical ironclad beetle can even survive being run over by car

UCI materials scientists study a sea creature that packs a powerful punch

Mantis shrimp’s dactyl clubs could hold secrets to more resilient surfaces for human use

NSF grants $18 million to UCI for materials science and engineering center

Researchers will develop new substances for manufacturing, defense and health

Julia Zakashansky, a doctoral student in materials science & engineering, working in a lab.

High-Speed Research, High-Impact Application

While all but essential research shut down, studies connected to COVID-19 ramped up as UCI’s scientific community mobilized in a quest to serve the public good. Researchers harnessed their intellectual resources to investigate how the coronavirus behaves and mutates. They created diagnostic tools to help doctors predict which patients aremore likely to be admitted to […]

Microorganisms in parched regions extract needed water from colonized rocks

Interdisciplinary UCI-led team is first to demonstrate long-suspected survival strategy

UCI-led team designs carbon nanostructure stronger than diamonds

Novel plate-cell architecture reaches theoretical limit of performance