When There Really Is Not a Drop to Drink
The New York Times review says the film that highlights Professor Jay Famiglietti, 'Last Call at the Oasis,' is "slick, informative, and fast-moving."
Nano Tool Aims at Detecting Early Stage Cancers
A UCI team has succeeded in tethering a single protein molecule found in human teardrops to the world’s smallest electronic circuit – embedded in a tiny chip like this one – letting scientists “listen in” on it. The technique could eventually be adapted to detect single cancer molecules.
In memory of Professor F. Sherwood Rowland 1927 - 2012
UC Irvine founding professor F. Sherwood Rowland, who patiently endured years of criticism and then won a Nobel Prize for showing that chlorofluorocarbons could destroy the Earth’s ozone layer, died Sat., March 10 at his home in Corona del Mar. He was 84. Mrs. Rowland asks that in lieu of flowers a donation be made to the F. Sherwood Rowland Chair and Graduate Fellowship Fund of the UC Irvine Department of Chemistry.
Most Massive Galaxies Had Frenzied Star-Forming Pasts
Clusters of distant galaxies that were bursting with newborn stars in the early universe eventually became the most massive galaxies today.

In memory of

UC Irvine founding professor F. Sherwood Rowland, who patiently endured years of criticism and then won a Nobel Prize for showing that chlorofluorocarbons could destroy the Earth’s ozone layer, died Sat., March 10 at his home in Corona del Mar from complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was 84. Mrs. Rowland asks that in lieu of flowers a donation be made to the F. Sherwood Rowland Chair and Graduate Fellowship Fund of the UC Irvine Department of Chemistry.

 

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