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research impact

Eric Rignot standing on a ship with icebergs in the background.

On ice with Eric Rignot

UC Irvine glaciologist looks back on four decades of NASA-funded research on Earth’s vulnerable polar ice sheets

Michael Yassa group demonstrating MRI brain scan technology in FIBRE lab.

Brain shape changes could offer early warning signs of dementia

UC Irvine research shows that the brain’s shifting geometry is tied to memory loss, dementia risk

Michael Demetriou

Unique pan-cancer immunotherapy destroys tumors without attacking healthy tissue, UC Irvine study shows

Next step is testing ‘holy grail’ therapy’s safety and effectiveness in patients

Wen Public Health receives $1.9 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Environmental toxicology researcher to unlock how early development shapes health

Zhongping Chen, UC Irvine professor of biomedical engineering

UC Irvine team receives $3 million NIH award for revolutionary deep tissue imaging

Funding backs four-university research effort to solve perennial issue of light scattering

Engineering professor Peter Burke and grad student Sangjun Noh with the “electronic nose.”

Sniffing out danger

UC Irvine’s electronic nose may transform fields like public safety and environmental protection

Bernard Choi holding a sensor.

Shining light on trauma care

UC Irvine laser scientists pioneer optical technologies to save lives on the battlefield and beyond

Krzysztof Palczewski

The science of sight

Researcher Krzysztof Palczewski leads UC Irvine’s bold pursuit to cure blindness

S. Ahmad Sajjadi, MD, PhD, associate professor of neurology in the UC Irvine School of Medicine.

UC Irvine awarded $18 million grant to lead landmark dementia study

UCI MIND secures National Institute on Aging funding to study an important new degenerative brain disease

UC Irvine engineers develop technology that stimulates heart cells with light

Findings point to applications for pacemakers and new treatments