Physical Science

UCI researchers use deep learning to identify gene regulation at single-cell level

• University of California, Irvine
• Jan. 5, 2021, 9:03 a.m.

Novel ability could further understanding and treatment of diseases such as cancer

Physical Science

Making methane on Mars

• University of California, Irvine
• Jan. 4, 2021, 10:32 a.m.

How UCI physicists are making a return trip from the Red Planet a possibility

Physical Science

Powering Up Stretchy Technology

• Michigan State University
• Dec. 21, 2020, 12:05 p.m.

A Spartan-led research team has developed a new “4D printing” approach to help power stretchable devices. A team of researchers led by Michigan State University’s Changyong Cao has…

Physical Science

Arianna’s long path to the stars

• University of California, Irvine
• Dec. 17, 2020, 2:28 p.m.

UCI astrophysicist faces the universe’s darkness with help from those around her and from the stars above her

Physical Science

Defying Gravity: A New Spin On Intro Physics For Life Sciences

• Michigan State University
• Dec. 16, 2020, 4:56 p.m.

A new curriculum developed and tested at MSU puts the focus on the physics that life scientists need The basic physics that a budding biologist needs to know…

Physical Science

Zevalkink Receives NSF CAREER Award For Semiconductor Research

• Michigan State University
• Dec. 14, 2020, 4:49 p.m.

A chemical engineering and materials science researcher at Michigan State University will use a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award to improve the targeted design…

Physical Science

Scientists Say Farewell to Daya Bay Site, Proceed with Final Data Analysis

• Berkeley Lab
• Dec. 11, 2020, 5 a.m.

The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment collaboration – which made a precise measurement of an important neutrino property eight years ago, setting the stage for a new round of experiments and discoveries about these hard-to-study particles – has finished taking data. Though the experiment is formally shutting down, the collaboration will continue to analyze its complete dataset to improve upon the precision of findings based on earlier measurements.

Physical Science

Reincarnating Plastics: Research Team Earns $2M Grant To Reduce Plastic Waste

• Michigan State University
• Dec. 9, 2020, 2:40 p.m.

“Waste not, want not” was planted firmly in John Dorgan’s ethos as a kid, watching his father pull nails out of old boards for reuse. In that spirit,…

Physical Science

UCI, Tsinghua U.: California’s 2018 wildfires caused $150 billion in damages

• University of California, Irvine
• Dec. 7, 2020, 8 a.m.

Study shows health and socio-economic costs extended far beyond burned areas

Physical Science

90 Years of Neutrino Science

• Berkeley Lab
• Dec. 4, 2020, 7 a.m.

Berkeley Lab has a long history of participating in neutrino experiments and discoveries in locations ranging from a site 1.3 miles deep at a nickel mine in Ontario, Canada, to an underground research site near a nuclear power complex northeast of Hong Kong, and a neutrino observatory buried in ice near the South Pole.