Three Academic Senate Awards for Physical Sciences Professors Read more about Three Academic Senate Awards for Physical Sciences Professors On February 19, Professors Eric Rignot, Timothy Tait and Jenny Yang all received 2019-2020 Distingui
UCI astronomer and colleagues confirm existence of exoplanet orbiting nearby star Read more about UCI astronomer and colleagues confirm existence of exoplanet orbiting nearby star The team’s findings were published recently in The Astronomical Journal. Called G 9-40b,
The Speed King Read more about The Speed King Weiss, who sits on the scientific advisory board of ULB, from which he plans to launch future compan
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Do Spider-Man, Superman break the laws of physics? Read more about Do Spider-Man, Superman break the laws of physics? Superman would have known that momentum equals mass times velocity and that Newton’s third law
Greg Weiss Lets Never-ending Curiosity Drive his Research and Commercial Goals Read more about Greg Weiss Lets Never-ending Curiosity Drive his Research and Commercial Goals Organic chemistry focuses on the study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions and synt
UCI chemists find fungal shrapnel in the air Read more about UCI chemists find fungal shrapnel in the air In a discovery that has implications for our understanding of the air we breathe, UCI chemists repor
Exoplanet hunting instrument created in part by UCI astronomer makes first observations Read more about Exoplanet hunting instrument created in part by UCI astronomer makes first observations UCI astronomer Paul Robertson recently celebrated “first light” for NEID, a new exoplane
The Amazon is a key buffer against climate change. A new study warns wildfires could decimate it Read more about The Amazon is a key buffer against climate change. A new study warns wildfires could decimate it In 2019, record fires in the Amazon sparked international outrage and capped a decade that saw the
Greenland ice loss is at ‘worse-case scenario’ levels, study finds Read more about Greenland ice loss is at ‘worse-case scenario’ levels, study finds Greenland is losing ice mass seven times faster than in the 1990s, a pace that matches the Intergove