Feature Stories

Water droplets spontaneously produce hydroxyl radicals, reshaping our understanding of air pollution and atmospheric chemistry.

Edison STEM Transfer Scholar uses their education to unearth the timeline of climate change.

Lilly discovered a podcast that changed everything.

With the help of Cal-Bridge, Willingham is starting a Ph.D. as a new UC Irvine Physics & Astronomy graduate student. But it didn’t start out that way.

One of the first experimenters at the new flagship US laser, Michigan alum Franklin Dollar’s mission is bigger than research.

Dark matter has turned out to be more elusive than physicists had hoped.

UC Irvine’s innovative event showcases the synergy between artistic expression and scientific inquiry.

Astrobiologist Aomawa Shields uses computer modeling to gauge extraterrestrial life possibilities

The UCI Earth system science grad student recounts the stories of how she fell into science, and how they discovered their queer identity.

How do you best mentor young students in math? UCI Physical Sciences is finding out.

Researching one of the most puzzling unsolved problems in physics.

For retiring UCI Distinguished Professor and electrochemist Reginald Penner, his students are his legacy.