Physical Science

Summer program gives grad students an edge

• University of California, Irvine
• July 26, 2010, 2:47 p.m.

Underrepresented students get a head start on research projects and form bonds in UCI summer prep programs.

Physical Science

AirUCI gets teachers pumped up about chemistry

• University of California, Irvine
• July 22, 2010, 3:16 p.m.

AirUCI summer workshop aims to inspire seventh- to 12th-grade science teachers so they can inspire their own students.

Physical Science

UCI among California universities receiving up to $122 million to create fuels from sunlight

• University of California, Irvine
• July 22, 2010, 3:14 p.m.

UCI is among California universities receiving up to $122 million to create fuels from sunlight.

Physical Science

Finding frugal aliens

• University of California, Irvine
• July 19, 2010, 3:21 p.m.

‘Benford beacons’ concept could refocus search for signs of intelligent extraterrestrial life.

Physical Science

Is the ocean making you sick?

• University of California, Irvine
• July 12, 2010, 3:43 p.m.

This summer, surfers and swimmers will risk more than sunburn — the ocean could make them sick. UCI researchers are testing the waters and working to improve the detection, identification, measurement and elimination of coastal pollutants.

Physical Science

Fighting the ocean’s plastic pollution

• University of California, Irvine
• June 29, 2010, 4 p.m.

UC Irvine professor William Cooper follows the trail of plastic debris that’s spreading from the coast to the deep sea.

Physical Science

Is oil spill also fouling the air?

• University of California, Irvine
• June 25, 2010, 4:10 p.m.

UCI researchers find disturbing amounts of certain gases above massive Gulf slick. More study is needed.

Physical Science

Synthetic antibodies create buzz

• University of California, Irvine
• June 21, 2010, 4:21 p.m.

In breakthrough, UCI chemists create synthetic antibodies that block dispersion of bee venom in bloodstream.

Physical Science

New windows into space

• University of California, Irvine
• May 26, 2010, 3:31 p.m.

Researchers in UC Irvine’s Center for Cosmology are opening new windows into space and finding lost matter and bright galaxies.

Physical Science

Incubating innovation

• University of California, Irvine
• May 18, 2010, 4:08 p.m.

UCI’s new TechPortal smooths the road from invention to successful commercialization of university-based inventions.