Physical Sciences Story Hour
Physical Sciences Story Hour
January 29, 2021 | 5:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. PDT
COMPELLING CONVERSATIONS - Anchoring in the Unknown: Exploring the Fundamental Questions of the Universe
Compelling Conversations
Anchoring in the Unknown: Exploring the Fundamental Questions of the Universe
January 19, 2021 | 1:00PM - 2:00PM
In this Physical Sciences Compelling Conversation, you will hear from a group of distinguished Physics & Astronomy experts who research fundamental questions of the universe.
The 10 new Physical Sciences faculty
One flies through clouds so she can collect data useful for understanding climate change. Another uses cells to synthesize artificial materials, while yet another wants to discover geometric shapes no-one ever knew existed. These are just some of the ways the UCI School of Physical Sciences’ 10 new faculty do their work. Each looks at the physical universe through a different lens, but they’re all united in their common drive to extend their fields into uncharted latitudes.
Professor Don Blake wins Better World Award from Academic Senate
On July 15, Professor Don Blake got a letter letting him know that the UC Irvine Academic Senate had awarded him their Better World Award, which recognizes the impact that a faculty member’s work has had, and continues to have, on society.
Zack Labe cracks a cold case
Climate scientist Zack Labe came to UCI in 2015, and when he got to Orange County, where the sun nev
Physicist Toshiki Tajima is trying to sweep away coronavirus
Toshiki “Toshi” Tajima is a physicist in the Department of Physics & Astronomy, and
New Ph.D. Lora Weiss is tracking cancer’s growth
There are two reasons Lora Weiss came to UCI to get a Ph.D. The first is that, until Weiss moved to California in 2014, she’d never lived anywhere but the Midwest, and “I wanted to try something new,” she said.
Gary Chanan wins Yale 2020 Award for Advancement of Basic and Applied Science
The two W.M. Keck Observatory telescopes sit inside domes perched atop Hawaii’s dormant Mauna Kea volcano.
Virtual Talk: Lessons Learned From Bacteria as we Fight COVID-19
The survival of bacteria is constantly threatened by a multitude of viruses and antimicrobial mechanisms. Professor Albert Siryaporn's talk will explain recent discoveries by his lab...
UCI astronomers analyze second-most distant quasar
Using three observatories on Maunakea in Hawaiʻi, astronomers at the University of Arizona have disc