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UCI scientists find new teleconnection for early and accurate precipitation prediction

Di Xu, assistant professor of education, has received a prestigious CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation. The five-year award, totaling $655,237, will fund her research into improving distance-learning experiences in community college STEM gateway courses. Xu will collaborate with two large community college systems to document typical online instructional approaches offered, as well as […]

UCI moves to the national forefront by taking an interdisciplinary systems biology approach to the devastating disease

Joint research project furthers understanding of important CO2 reservoir

Emily Penner and Di Xu, both assistant professors of education, have been selected as 2018 National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellows. They were among 30 early-career scholars – out of a pool of 200 – to receive the $70,000 fellowships to help cover salary and research expenses. Penner will study ways in which school districts […]

Funding will advance digital methods to alleviate pediatric surgery stress and pain

But researchers also see an increase in sadder tunes in recent years

UCI stem cell researcher confronts science denialism, deceptive clinics and dwindling funding

Annual symposium showcases work of more than 1,200 students

A team of researchers including Allon Hochbaum, UCI assistant professor of chemical engineering & materials science, has made a breakthrough recently in creating synthetic materials that behave like living tissue. In a paper published in Nature Chemistry, the scientists discuss the development of nanomaterials that transform in response to chemical signals. Applying amino acids to […]