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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...
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Nearly the entire Greenland ice sheet experienced surface melting over just a few days in mid July, an extremely rare event that has not occurred...
The groundwater that is the lifeblood of many Central Valley farms is imperiled if farmers continue to use it at current levels, according to new...
The 2011-12 academic year has been an eventful one for the School of Physical Sciences. We welcomed our largest freshman class in the history of the...
The School of Physical Sciences in partnership with the UC Irvine Center for Educational Partnerships (CFEP) initiated a new outreach program, LEAPS...
Is it or isn’t it? That’s the big question in the world of physics after scientists working with the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland announced...
Physicists on experiments at the Large Hadron Collider announced today that they have observed a new particle. Whether the particle has the...
Scientists have discovered a new particle that matches the properties of the long-sought Higgs boson, often called the "God" particle, though they...
Astrophysicists say they have discovered one strand of the long-elusive dark matter filaments, thought to connect galaxies and help shape the...
Professor Daniel Whiteson collaborated with Dr. Jorge Cham of PhD Comics to produce a series of comic books about particle physics. The first issue...
The world's political and environmental leaders gather in Rio de Janeiro tomorrow to assess the state of the planet's health 20 years after the first...