The reactor is used for clean energy and radio medicine research . It’s also incredibly safe. All that water protects us from neutron radiation. The system shuts down automatically if there’s no water. It similarly shuts down with any minor earthquake.

A team including UC Irvine Prof. Shane Ardo, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Columbia University, have discovered a new mechanism that enhances hydrogen production efficiency via water splitting. The findings can improve the efficiency of hydrogen production for #cleanenergy. ps.uci.edu/news/3151

UC Irvine Earth system scientists discover missing piece in climate models. Their update accounts for the effects of overlooked physical properties in ice. ps.uci.edu/news/3150

#tbt UC Irvine Prof. Roger McWilliams's speech at the City of Irvine mile marker dedication on June 18, 2024, at the site where Albert Einstein met Albert Michelson to discuss Michelson’s Irvine speed-of-light experiment in 1931. UCI Physics & Astro

Paper by Hui Wang, Prof. Riikka Rinnan et al. from UCI ESS, UCI Physical Sciences, VOLT - Center for Volatile Interactions shows that high #temperature sensitivity of #Artic #isoprene emissions can be explained by sedges. nature.com/articles/s4146…

Feature story: Molecules in Motion: Where Dance and Chemistry Collide. UC Irvine’s innovative event showcases the synergy between artistic expression and scientific inquiry. arts.uci.edu/in-the-news/mo…

As solid state chemists, it is rare that we get to emulate structural motifs found in nature in our synthetic crystals. Appearing in Nature Materials, we report our discovery of a new all-inorganic helical material. UCI Chemistry UC Irvine School of Physical Sciences UC Irvine (1/4)

Honoring the legacy of the late PhD student, the inaugural 2024 José Flores-Velázquez Award was awarded to Helena García Escudero. Read more about the award and Helena's contributions to UC Irvine and the field of cosmology. ps.uci.edu/news/3154

In this story, read about how the Math CEO outreach program at UCI is redefining what it means to help students learn math. ps.uci.edu/news/3132

At UC Irvine, the worlds of dance and chemistry collided in "Club Lab Freestyle: Molecules in Motion." This unique collaboration between the arts and sciences invited students to reinterpret chemical reactions through movement. UC Irvine School of Physical Sciences UCI Arts bit.ly/4cSqqwW

Calling all Physical Sciences graduate students! Applications for the 2024-25 Science Communication Fellowship are open! Fellows advance the school’s ​mission to communicate science effectively using ​a wide variety of media and platforms. Apply by Sept 3! bit.ly/scicomm24

Applications for the 24-25 DEI Graduate Leaders Fellowship are open! Fellows advance the school's mission and commitment to DEI by supporting programs that foster community building, mentorship and outreach. Apply by September 6th bit.ly/DEIgradleaders

Today is the 2024 SoCal Undergraduate Chemistry Research Symposium! Undergraduate UCI Chemistry students presented their research and heard from faculty and grad students about applying for #graduateschool and #fellowships and connecting with graduate mentors.

New research from UCI Chemistry's Maxx Arguilla ps.uci.edu/news/3158

🔦Spotlight from KCAL News: UCI COSMOS is a month-long residential program at UC Irvine for talented high schoolers who are next-gen scientists. Physical Sciences faculty lead clusters focused on topics ranging from #machinelearning to #astrophysics. youtube.com/watch?v=DAbfZf…

Professor Jane Baldwin of the UC Irvine Department of Earth System Science UCI ESS featured in new Science Science Magazine news coverage on the public health role humidity will play as the climate continues to change. science.org/content/articl…

The Schools of UCI Engineering, UC Irvine School of Physical Sciences and UCI Social Ecology created the Environmental Changemakers certificate program to educate students on #environmental issues and #policy challenges. 25 undergraduate students were certified in the first year. ps.uci.edu/news/3163

Franklin Dollar, Professor and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, is using his own lessons on surviving and thriving to reshape #graduate programs in #physicalsciences. Read more about Dollar: news.engin.umich.edu/2024/08/x-ray-…

UC Irvine Earth system scientists UCI ESS create Arctic and boreal wildfire atlas. The atlas could help fire managers understand which areas are most at risk from intensifying fire activity in a warming climate. James Randerson ps.uci.edu/news/3166