Scientists find a new way to reduce arthritis
In a recent review published in Nature Reviews Rhe
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Startups & innovations – Financing
The University of California, Irvine received $18 million from the National Science Foundation to support research in materials discovery for the technology and life sciences sectors. Research will focus on the development of high strength materials for aerospace, automotive, national defense and space exploration; as well as the study of “living” materials that could improve wound healing or tissue growth.
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Sea urchins’ sperm pathway could help tiny robots find their way
University of California, Irvine, and University of Michigan researchers prepared a mathematical model of sea urchin sperm's pathway to grasp its behavior, initially reported by
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Specialist Position 2025-2026
Salary is commensurate with qualifications and years of experience.The UCI Department of Material Science and Engineering in the Samueli School of Engineering is anticipating openings in the Specialist Series throughout the academic year 2025-2026. These positions offer a stimulating array of research and training opportunities within the various labs in the department.
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Shrinky Dinks Inspire Wearable That Predicts Oncoming Asthma Attacks
When UCI biomedical engineers went to work on creating a sensor for the device, they decided to use Shrinky Drinks. "The current standard of care in respiration monitoring is a pulmonary function test that's often difficult to perform and limited in terms of the snapshot it provides of a patient's respiratory health—meaning problems can sometimes be missed," said Michael Chu, UCI graduate student researcher in biomedical engineering and lead author of a paper on the innovation published today in npj Digital Medicine.
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Summer forecast calls for intensifying drought across American West
In a new study published in Nature Communications, researchers at the University of California, Irvine, claim that greenhouse gas emissions and aerosol pollution are directly tied to increases in the frequency and severity of droughts. "There has always been natural variability in drought events around the world, but our research shows the clear human influence on drying, specifically from anthropogenic aerosols, carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gase
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Should we be expecting El Niño to blow us away with rain?
Amir AghaKouchak, UC Irvine hydrologist, engineer and climatologist, is an expert in such matters. He says it's too soon to tell. But he does admit that the signs so far are pointing in the direction of a strong El Niño winter and spring.
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Student Poster Sessions
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Squid skin-inspired cup cozy will keep your hands cool and your coffee hot
Drawing inspiration from cephalopod skin, engineers at the University of California, Irvine invented an adaptive composite material that can insulate beverage cups, restaurant to-go bags, parcel boxes and even shipping containers. The innovation is an infrared-reflecting metallized polymer film developed in the laboratory of Alon Gorodetsky, UCI associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering.
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Student Groups
Engineering students may join any number of student organizations. Most of these organizations are professionally oriented, and in many instances, are local chapters of national engineering societies. A primary function of these groups is to provide regular technical and social meetings for students with common interests. Most of the groups also participate in the annual Engineering Week activities and in other School functions.
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Student Field Trip
Civil and Environmental Engineering Affiliate member, Sam Ali, organized a student field trip to the OC Groundwater Replenishment System on April 4, 2009.
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Study reveals new ways microbes might help humans build colonies on Moon, Mars
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have been motivated to consider new ways that microbes can assist humans in colonising the Moon and Mars by studying the biochemical process by which cyanobacteria absorb nutrients from rocks in Chile's Atacama Desert. … Corresponding author David Kisailus, UCI professor of materials science and engineering [said], "Could humans use a similar biochemical approach to obtain and manipulate the minerals that we find valuable?
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Study: A third of world's major aquifers threatened
In two new studies, a team of researchers led by hydrologists from the University of California, Irvine assessed the depletion of groundwater on a global scale using readings from NASA satellites. ... "If we continue to use groundwater the way it's being used, then there's a high chance that it could be depleted to the point that we can no longer use it in my lifetime in certain areas," said Alexandra Richey, the lead author of the studies.