Chemistry

Feb 2, 2021
An episode about masks and coronavirus and much, much more.  
Feb 1, 2021
As a fellow, Ardo will have a platform he can use to pitch ideas to industry professionals, and take his climate change-related research mainstream.
Jan 25, 2021
The professors won awards for their work in research, teaching, and in making the world a better place.
Jan 7, 2021
A theory, designed by UCI chemists, provides a new way to model molecules. The method is akin to a "golden shortcut," leveraging the part of calculations that most existing theories get right, but skipping over the parts that create errors.
Jan 7, 2021
His work is helping Professor Rachel Martin in the Department of Chemistry look for mutations in the virus’ genetic sequence, which could lead to COVID-19 treatments.
Oct 15, 2020
Our alumni take a part of UCI and the School of Physical Sciences with them when they graduate and leave campus. They take the memory of this place, and they share it, in their conversations, their…
Oct 6, 2020
Irvine, Calif., Oct. 6, 2020 — University of California, Irvine biomedical engineer Chang Liu is the recipient of one of nine Director’s Transformative Research Awards this year from the…
Sep 11, 2020
The widespread adoption of electrified transportation is seen as an important step in slowing climate change, but that depends on our ability to produce enough batteries for this and other…
Aug 24, 2020
In this conversation, a UCI Chemistry research team discussed how they are utilizing their diverse skills in a collaborative effort to curb COVID-19. Rachel Martin (Professor, Department of Chemistry…
Aug 18, 2020
Physical Sciences team makes infrared sensor technology that could help doctors see cancer in a new light. 
Aug 14, 2020
Chemical reactions are happening all the time, and, for the most part, they happen with or without our say-so. But in the industrial realm, there’s a swath of reactions that require a special kind of…
Aug 12, 2020
They’re alive, they’re inside you, and there are trillions of them. But what they are, exactly, is still very much a mystery. “They” are bacteria that have no genetic relation to you, but which call…