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<p>Abraham Lee, the William J. Link Chair in Biomedical Engineering, is the sixth NAI fellow from UCI. Steve Zylius / UCI</p>

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Biomedical engineering professor is named fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

<p>Pramod Khargonekar, vice chancellor of research, is one of seven UCI faculty members to be named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science this year. Steve Zylius / UCI</p>

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Seven UCI researchers named AAAS fellows

Honor is conferred for distinguished contributions to their fields

<p>From left, Abe Lee, CADMIM center director and UCI’s William J. Link Professor and chair of biomedical engineering; Gisela Lin, UCI CADMIM deputy director; and Ian Papautsky, CADMIM co-director, University of Illinois at Chicago, at the CADMIM Industrial Advisory Board meeting in Chicago in September. Elizabeth Monge / UIC Creative & Digital Services</p>

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NSF grant supports UCI microfluidics research center

<p>“This was all human-driven,” said study co-author James Randerson, UCI’s Ralph J. & Carol M. Cicerone Chair in Earth System Science, of the 2015 environmental catastrophe. “Such fires help a small part of the population, but the costs for people far away in other cities in the region are enormous.”</p>
<p>Fuu Ming Kai</p>

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UCI and Singapore researchers find source of 2015 Southeast Asia smoke cloud

Burning of peatlands in Borneo and Sumatra created severe air pollution in region

<p>Huolin Xin, University of California, Irvine assistant professor of physics & astronomy</p>

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Huolin Xin is awarded $2.5 million grant to research next-generation lithium-ion batteries

<p>Arjun Ravikumar, who recently earned his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering at UCI, and his advisor, Chang Liu, UCI assistant professor of biomedical engineering, collaborated on a study published in Cell that details a new method for simplifying and accelerating directed evolution experiments in labs. Kim Makuch</p>

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UCI scientists simplify and accelerate directed evolution bioengineering method

Technological innovation can be used to rapidly make new antibodies and pharmaceutical enzymes

<p>This scanning electron microscope image shows a magnetic nanowire device used for measuring current-induced torque. Krivorotov Group / UCI</p>

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UCI scientists discover technique for manipulating magnets at nanoscale

<p>The world is facing many life-threatening impacts of climate change, so people having to spend a bit more to drink beer may seem trivial by comparison, says Davis (left), with study co-author Nathan Mueller, UCI assistant professor of Earth system science. But not having a cool pint at the end of an increasingly common hot day just adds insult to injury.</p>
<p>Steve Zylius / UCI</p>
<p>Nathan Mueller, UCI assistant professor of Earth system science and Steven Davis, associate professor of Earth system science, co-authored a study reporting that concurrent droughts and heatwaves will lead to sharp declines in crop yeilds of barley.</p>

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Global warming will have us crying in what’s left of our beer

UCI, other scientists project sharp declines in barley yields due to climate change

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Alex Nicolau elected into Academia Europaea

<p>Warmer average winter temperatures are leading to a diminished snowpack in the Sierra Nevada range. In a new study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, UCI researchers examine the impact on this source of much of the water consumed by Californians. Laurie Huning / UCI</p>

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UCI study: Reduced Sierra Nevada snowmelt runoff to threaten California agriculture

One-degree rise in global winter temps to cause less high country snow accumulation