In the Media
Oct 12, 2022
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and four national laboratories have devised a way to make lithium-ion battery cathodes without using cobalt, a mineral plagued by price volatility and geopolitical complications.
Oct 10, 2022
The first and only Mexican chemist to win a Nobel prize.
Oct 7, 2022
Particle physicists have long been early adopters—if not inventors—of tech from email to the internet. Over the past decade, in tandem with the broader machine learning revolution, they've now trained ML algorithms to solve previously intractable problems and tackle completely new challenges.
Oct 6, 2022
Nobel laureate David MacMillan, Ph.D. ’96, (right) visits UCI in May, enabling a reunion with his Ph.D. advisor Larry Overman, UCI Distinguished Professor emeritus, and Vy Dong, UCI professor of chemistry, who was advised by MacMillan at UC Berkeley and the California Institute of Technology.
Sep 20, 2022
Insider’s inaugural Climate Action 30 highlights 30 global leaders working toward climate solutions. Our list includes activists, influencers, academics, scientists, business executives, entrepreneurs, and public-sector and nonprofit leaders working to address the climate crisis through collectivism, community, and accountability.
Sep 14, 2022
The laser that will be the most powerful in the United States is preparing to send its first pulses into an experimental target at the University of Michigan.
Sep 14, 2022
A newly constructed University of Michigan facility that will be home to the most powerful laser in the United States is hosting its first experiment this week as the nation seeks to become competitive again in the realm of high-power laser facilities.
Aug 5, 2022
A UC Irvine professor considers if the IRA’s proposed incentives could be a breakout moment for the nascent industry of sucking carbon out of the air.
Jul 28, 2022
A team of researchers at the University of California, Irvine, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and other institutions used cutting-edge electron microscopes and novel techniques, to discover a way to map phonons—vibrations in crystal lattices—in atomic resolution, enabling deeper understanding of the way heat travels through quantum dots, engineered nanostructures in electronic components.
Jul 23, 2022
Tree cover across California has declined sharply over the last half century, but nowhere faster than in the state’s southern mountains.
Jul 21, 2022
Researchers used LANDSAT satellite data to document how tree-cover changed in California from 1985 to 2021, being shrunk by wildfires, logging, and droughts.
Jul 20, 2022
An increase in catastrophic wildfires has reduced California tree cover by 6.7% since 1985, and researchers fear the lost trees will never grow back.