Ice loss in Antarctica is increasingly contributing to global sea level rise

Loss of ice in Antarctica has caused global sea levels to rise by 7.6 millimeters since 1992, with 40 percent of the increase happening in just the past five years, according to a team of 84 scientists, including discipline-leading experts from the...
13-Jun-2018 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

To Forecast Winter Rainfall in the Southwest, Look to New Zealand in the Summer

El Niño was long considered a reliable tool for predicting future precipitation in the southwestern United States, but its forecasting power has diminished in recent cycles, possibly due to global climate change. In a study published today in...
13-Jun-2018 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Founding professor of math donates personal, professional papers to UCI Libraries

The University of California, Irvine Libraries have received the personal papers and professional records of Edward O. Thorp, a founding professor of mathematics, hedge fund manager, blackjack player and author of The New York Times best-seller Beat...
12-Jun-2018 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Richard J. Gannotta tapped to head UCI Health

Richard J. Gannotta, D.H.A., has been named CEO of UCI Health, overseeing Orange County’s only academic medical center and all clinical and patient-serving operations. His appointment was approved by the University of California Board of Regents.
11-Jun-2018 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

UCI sustainability efforts earn rare STARS platinum rating

Joining an elite club of environmentally outstanding institutions, the University of California, Irvine has become only the fourth campus in the world to achieve a platinum rating through the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in...
6-Jun-2018 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

UCI Scientists Analyze First Direct Images of Dissolved Organic Carbon From the Ocean

In a first, researchers from the University of California, Irvine – as well as Switzerland’s University of Zurich, IBM Research-Zurich and UC Santa Cruz – have obtained direct images of dissolved organic carbon molecules from the ocean,...
5-Jun-2018 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Researchers Uncover Cell Types of the Human Breast Epithelium

Researchers from the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, in collaboration with scientists at UCSF and Northwestern University, have profiled human breast epithelial cells, identifying three new distinct epithelial cell populations....
31-May-2018 7:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

UCI Center on Stress & Health awarded $6.3 million by National Institutes of Health

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine’s Center on Stress & Health have received $6.3 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health to develop and test digital health interventions for stress and pain in children facing...
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