Physical Science

Chemists find new way to recycle plastic waste into fuel

• University of California, Irvine
• June 21, 2016, 12:16 p.m.

Approach tackles most commonly used synthetic plastic

Physical Science

Ken Janda named to second 5-year term as dean

• University of California, Irvine
• June 21, 2016, 12:05 p.m.

Physical Science

UCI chemists help find way to recycle plastic waste into fuel

• University of California, Irvine
• June 20, 2016, 1:37 p.m.

Physical Science

Researchers Gear Up Galaxy-seeking Robots for a Test Run

• Berkeley Lab
• June 13, 2016, 8:31 a.m.

A prototype system that will test a planned array of 5,000 robots for a sky-mapping instrument is taking shape at Berkeley Lab. Dubbed ProtoDESI, the scaled-down, 10-robot system will run through a series of tests on a telescope in Arizona from August-September.

Physical Science

UCI announces Hellman Fellows for 2016-17

• University of California, Irvine
• June 13, 2016, 7:58 a.m.

Six junior faculty awarded support for research, scholarly work

Physical Science

Radiation 101: DoseNet Delivers Environmental Data as an Educational Tool

• Berkeley Lab
• May 25, 2016, 12:05 a.m.

DoseNet, a radiation-monitoring outreach project supported by Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley, has a broad aim to inform and connect students and communities using science and data.

Physical Science

Hunting for Dark Matter’s ‘Hidden Valley’

• Berkeley Lab
• May 24, 2016, 8:12 a.m.

Kathryn Zurek realized a decade ago that we may be searching in the wrong places for clues to one of the universe’s greatest unsolved mysteries: dark matter. Despite making up an estimated 85 percent of the total mass of the universe, we haven’t yet figured out what it’s made of.

Physical Science

3 Knowns and 3 Unknowns about Dark Matter

• Berkeley Lab
• May 24, 2016, 8:11 a.m.

While we can’t see dark matter, we are learning more about it. Here are three knowns and three unknowns about dark matter.

Physical Science

Better batteries through chemistry

• University of California, Irvine
• May 16, 2016, 8:55 a.m.

UCI breakthrough may extend the life of computers, smartphones and appliances

Physical Science

$40M to Establish New Observatory Probing Early Universe

• Berkeley Lab
• May 12, 2016, 11:23 a.m.

A new astronomy facility, the Simons Observatory, is planned in Chile’s Atacama Desert to boost ongoing studies of the evolution of the universe, from its earliest moments to today. The observatory will probe the subtle properties of the universe’s first light, known as cosmic microwave background radiation.