Physical Science

California’s climate crisis examined on UCI special report website

• University of California, Irvine
• Oct. 20, 2021, 11:38 a.m.

Cross-disciplinary expertise shared through stories, videos, podcasts and more

Physical Science

Research Team Unlocks Secret Path to a Quantum Future

• Berkeley Lab
• Oct. 12, 2021, 7 a.m.

Researchers from Berkeley Lab’s Center for Novel Pathways to Quantum Coherence in Materials are developing new pathways to create and protect quantum coherence. Doing so will enable exquisitely sensitive measurement and information processing devices that function at ambient or even extreme conditions.

Physical Science

UCI alumnus wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

• University of California, Irvine
• Oct. 6, 2021, 8:44 a.m.

David MacMillan is one of two awarded for work with molecule-building catalysts

Physical Science

UCI, NASA JPL scientists uncover additional threat to Antarctica’s floating ice shelves

• University of California, Irvine
• Sept. 27, 2021, 12:10 p.m.

Thinning of rift-healing slush is identified as a major cause of iceberg calving events

Physical Science

AirUCI institute awarded nearly $2 million to study non-tailpipe vehicle emissions

• University of California, Irvine
• Sept. 23, 2021, 2:33 p.m.

Interdisciplinary researchers will examine impacts on overburdened communities

Physical Science

Two Berkeley Lab Scientists Appointed to President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

• Berkeley Lab
• Sept. 22, 2021, 8:09 a.m.

Astrophysicist Saul Perlmutter and climate scientist Inez Fung, both scientists at Berkeley Lab, have been appointed to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), the White House announced today.

Physical Science

How to Catch a Perfect Wave: Scientists Take a Closer Look Inside the Perfect Fluid

• Berkeley Lab
• Sept. 16, 2021, 7 a.m.

Scientists have reported new clues to solving a cosmic conundrum: How the quark-gluon plasma – nature’s perfect fluid – evolved into the building blocks of matter during the birth of the early universe.

Physical Science

Serving UCI’s Latino community

• University of California, Irvine
• Sept. 14, 2021, 2:43 p.m.

Recognizing the campus commitment to diversity during Hispanic Heritage Month

Physical Science

UCI researchers to help find clues about past climate conditions in Antarctica’s oldest ice

• University of California, Irvine
• Sept. 14, 2021, 1:07 p.m.

Initiative will create paths for first-generation and underrepresented students

Physical Science

UCI researchers analyzed Antarctic air samples to learn of a 70-percent increase in atmospheric hydrogen over the past 150 years

• University of California, Irvine
• Sept. 9, 2021, 4:43 p.m.