Physical Science

Down to the bones

• University of California, Irvine
• April 30, 2014, 11:07 p.m.

UC Irvine researchers sort out the sticky situation at the La Brea Tar Pits by refining methods for measuring the age of fossils

Physical Science

Time travelers

• University of California, Irvine
• April 30, 2014, 11:01 p.m.

Scientists use radiocarbon dating to analyze everything from the world’s oldest shoe to sediment samples that shed light on global climate change.

Physical Science

A gamble of global proportions

• University of California, Irvine
• April 28, 2014, 11:15 p.m.

UCI’s Michael Prather is a lead author on the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.

Physical Science

Stamping out STEM stereotypes

• University of California, Irvine
• March 13, 2014, 9:58 p.m.

UC Irvine has long been committed to gender equity in science, technology, engineering and math

Physical Science

Venus flytraps, venom and vision

• University of California, Irvine
• Dec. 16, 2013, 11:41 p.m.

Rachel Martin’s offbeat interests have led to a potentially eyesight-saving discovery

Physical Science

Highlights of 2013 at UCI

• University of California, Irvine
• Dec. 11, 2013, 11:53 p.m.

Year brings scientific advances, national accolades, international outreach, student achievement … and zombies

Physical Science

The spooky side of science

• University of California, Irvine
• Oct. 25, 2013, 11:05 p.m.

In the spirit of Halloween, we offer a witches’ brew of peculiar probes and freaky findings by UCI researchers

Physical Science

Scientists celebrate their roles in physics Nobel

• University of California, Irvine
• Oct. 8, 2013, 11:22 p.m.

Eight UCI physics & astronomy professors are involved in Higgs boson data analysis

Physical Science

Getting inside the child mind

• University of California, Irvine
• Oct. 7, 2013, 11:28 p.m.

With a major neurology award and $10 million in funding, Dr. Tallie Z. Baram strives to understand early-life brain development

Physical Science

Academics take on zombies

• University of California, Irvine
• Sept. 4, 2013, 12:31 a.m.

Offered through Instructure, the free, eight-week MOOC will explore subjects related to math, public health, social science and physics