Planet Earth is surrounded. Thousands of tons of dangerous space debris circles in low orbit, threatening serious damage, even death, if any were to strike the International Space Station. A proposal by a research team that includes UC Irvine could be the answer. In a paper published Friday, April 24, the scientists describe a device […]
As revamped Large Hadron Collider fires up to record levels, UCI team prepares to pick through pieces of shattered particles
In new book, professor explores scientists’ role on Wall Street
UCI physicists have played a key role in the search for the elusive Higgs boson.
Acclaimed for a breakthrough algorithm, physicist Steven White is now first to model a new state of matter.
UC Irvine physics professor and award-winning science fiction author Gregory Benford will write the introductory essays for “The Wonderful Future That Never Was,” a collection of predictions made in the pages of “Popular Mechanics” that reflects societies hopes and fears.
James Bullock thinks bigger than most. Growing up in Toledo, Ohio, he wasn’t particularly fascinated by stars. He believes he first noticed the night sky at his grandparents’ North Carolina farm, but he’s not sure. What interests the UC Irvine professor of physics & astronomy is the whole shebang — the entire universe. “A cosmologist […]
With his bow ties and seersucker suits, Roger McWilliams might appear to be old-fashioned, but the UCI physicist invents futuristic laser tools that have advanced everything from telecommunications to healthcare.
‘Benford beacons’ concept could refocus search for signs of intelligent extraterrestrial life.
Researchers in UC Irvine’s Center for Cosmology are opening new windows into space and finding lost matter and bright galaxies.