Physical Science

To forecast winter rainfall in the Southwest, look to New Zealand in the summer

• University of California, Irvine
• June 13, 2018, 7:15 a.m.

UCI scientists find new teleconnection for early and accurate precipitation prediction

Physical Science

Founding professor of math donates personal, professional papers to UCI Libraries

• University of California, Irvine
• June 12, 2018, 9:13 a.m.

Collection includes Edward Thorp’s work proving merits of card counting in blackjack

Physical Science

From Moon Rocks to Space Dust: Berkeley Lab’s Extraterrestrial Research

• Berkeley Lab
• June 11, 2018, noon

From moon rocks to meteorites, and from space dust to a dinosaur-destroying impact, the Department of Energy’s Berkeley Lab has a well-storied expertise in exploring samples of extraterrestrial origin.

Physical Science

Experiments at Berkeley Lab Help Trace Interstellar Dust Back to Solar System’s Formation

• Berkeley Lab
• June 11, 2018, noon

Experiments conducted at Berkeley Lab helped to confirm that samples of interplanetary particles – collected from Earth’s upper atmosphere and believed to originate from comets – contain dust leftover from the initial formation of the solar system.

Physical Science

UCI scientists analyze first direct images of dissolved organic carbon from the ocean

• University of California, Irvine
• June 5, 2018, 7 a.m.

Joint research project furthers understanding of important CO2 reservoir

Physical Science

Q&A: Berkeley Lab Physics Researcher Discusses New Higgs Boson Result

• Berkeley Lab
• June 4, 2018, 7:56 a.m.

Jennet Dickinson, a graduate student researcher at Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley, explains her role in a new particle physics result, announced today, that relates to the Higgs boson and it’s interaction with another particle, the top quark.

Physical Science

Supercomputers Provide New Window Into the Life and Death of a Neutron

• Berkeley Lab
• May 30, 2018, 10 a.m.

A team led by Berkeley Lab researchers has enlisted powerful supercomputers to calculate a quantity, known as the “nucleon axial coupling” or gA, that is central to our understanding of a neutron’s lifetime.

Physical Science

New UCI center to look at life by the numbers

• University of California, Irvine
• May 24, 2018, 7 a.m.

Mathematics and biology come together in interdisciplinary research effort

Physical Science

James Randerson named Ralph J. & Carol M. Cicerone Chair of Earth System Science

• University of California, Irvine
• May 21, 2018, 12:18 p.m.

UCI expert on climate and environment is first to hold new endowed position

Physical Science

Dozens of Photographers Attend Berkeley Lab’s Physics Photowalk

• Berkeley Lab
• May 18, 2018, 4:31 p.m.

VIDEO: A recap of the Berkeley Lab Physics Photowalk. (Credit: Marilyn Chung/Berkeley Lab)   Dozens of photographers visited the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) on Wednesday, May 16 – coinciding with the International Day of Light – to creatively capture scenes of science at Lab facilities including the Advanced Light Source,