The National Science Foundation has awarded a round of funding toward a total of $13.7 million to advance the development of the world’s most powerful laser into its final design phase. The NSF ...

UC Irvine physicists are leading two critical project research thrusts ...

Expert on water and climate science recognized as an international fellow ...

In the late 1800s, newspapers ran alarming headlines about a dangerous new technology corrupting the nation’s youth. Books. Kids were sneaking off to libraries to read Horatio Alger, and parents were ...

Since 2016, UC Irvine’s enrollment has grown 14 percent, while the number of solo student trips to campus has declined 47 percent The conventional math seems simple: More students should mean more ...

The camera lens stared past a stove with pots and pans. Two UC Irvine undergraduates, Abhi Arya and Rishi Srihari, adjusted a makeshift studio light in a cramped kitchen. They hit “record” on a ...

Irvine, Calif., July 27, 2026 — By analyzing 100,000 California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection inspection records from 2013 to 2024, researchers at the University of California, Irvine ...

When biologist Maksim Plikus took the leap into the multibillion-dollar market for hair-loss treatments, he had lots of local support. Plikus came to UC Irvine as an assistant professor in 2012, ...

Irvine, Calif., July 15, 2026 — On a summer afternoon in the Sierra Nevada, a mountain pond can look calm and still, reflecting granite peaks and alpine sky. But beneath the surface, these small, ...

Observing a neutrino is a lot like listening to a weak radio signal. It’s there, but it can be hard to pinpoint and decipher what the signal is saying. A neutrino is a tiny, nearly invisible particle ...

Irvine, Calif., May 13, 2026 — University of California, Irvine researchers have invented a wearable, wireless, battery-free, bioelectronic sensor to monitor users’ health by analyzing molecular ...

Irvine, Calif., May 7, 2026 — America has always been divided over politics, but now it’s personal. A new study from UC Irvine psychologists reveals a fracturing nation as political divides shatter ...