News &
Events

Latest News

A dim, lightweight galaxy on the outskirts of the Milky Way may be the smallest in the known universe, astronomers say.
UC Irvine scientists’ new breakthrough research to diagnose prostate cancer is on its way to clinical trials in humans. If all goes as planned, the...
student3

News

Ocean waters melting the undersides of Antarctic ice shelves, not icebergs calving into the sea, are responsible for most of the continent’s ice loss...
In an article in the journal Science this week, University of California-Irvine professor of engineering James Famiglietti and NASA hydrologist...
It was another successful year for the Physical Sciences Undergraduate Mentoring (PSUM) program. Mentors launched students into graduate schools such...
Far, far away, at the Milky Way’s outer skirts, is a galaxy home to just 1,000 stars, all held together with dark matter, our galactic glue.
The least massive galaxy in the known universe has been measured by UC Irvine scientists, clocking in at just 1,000 or so stars with a bit of dark...
Just as wealthy nations like the United States are outsourcing their dangerous carbon dioxide emissions to China, rich coastal provinces in that...
This year’s wildfire season could be a rough one in already ravaged Amazon rain forests, particularly in Brazil, according to new predictions by UC...
Professor Sergey Nizkorodov is honored with the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award.
Professor Kevork Abazajian was honored with the Academic Senate’s Distinguished Assistant Professor Award for Research.
Conditions couldn’t be worse. The air is dead, not a leaf stirring on the trees lining the dusty Mexican highway. Farmers are burning grapevines,...