UCI develops low-cost, accurate COVID-19 antibody detection platform
A robust, low-cost imaging platform utilizing lab-on-a-chip technology created by UCI scientists may be available for rapid coronavirus diagnostic and antibody testing throughout the nation by the end of the year.
UCI cyber-physical security researchers highlight vulnerability of solar inverters
Cyber-physical systems security researchers at UCI can disrupt the functioning of a power grid using about $50 worth of equipment tucked inside a disposable coffee cup.
UCI materials scientists study a sea creature that packs a powerful punch
UCI materials scientists are learning about resilience from the mantis shrimp. The ancient crustaceans are armed with two hammerlike raptorial appendages called dactyl clubs that they use to bludgeon and smash their prey.
Liu receives NIH award for synthetic genetic systems development
Chang Liu has won a $2.3 million Outstanding Investigator Grant from the National Institutes of Health. The five-year award will support Liu’s work on synthetic genetic systems for rapid evolution.
UCI engineers evaluate snow drought in different parts of the world
Environmental engineers at UCI have developed a new framework for characterizing snow droughts around the world. Using this tool to analyze conditions from 1980 to 2018, the researchers found a 28-percent increase in the length of intensified snow-water deficits in the Western United States during the second half of the study period.
Advanced Casting Research Center relocates to UCI
The Advanced Casting Research Center (ACRC) relocated to UCI effective July 1, 2020. Formerly, ACRC was at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts.
UCI Global Engineering Brigades take third place in video competition
UCI’s Global Engineering Brigades won third place ($500) in the 2019-2020 Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors’ student video competition.
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