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Grounding zone discovery explains accelerated melting under Greenland’s glaciers

Irvine, Calif., March 13, 2024 – Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have conducted the first large-scale observation and modeling study of northwest Greenland’s Petermann Glacier.
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UC Irvine study: vehicle brakes produce charged particles that may harm public health

Irvine, Calif., March 12, 2024 — Scientists know relatively little about particles released into the air when a vehicle driver brakes, though evidence suggests those particles may be more harmful to health than particles exiting the tailpipe.
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UC Irvine receives $15 million NSF grant for integrative movement research

The National Science Foundation has granted $15 million to the Integrative Movement Sciences Institute at the University of California, Irvine. This six-year funding, part of the NSF’s Biology Integration Institutes program, will support...
4-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

Autonomous vehicle technology vulnerable to road object spoofing and vanishing attacks

A University of California, Irvine-led research team has demonstrated the potentially hazardous vulnerabilities associated with the technology called LiDAR, or Light Detection and Ranging, many autonomous vehicles use to navigate streets, roads and...
29-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

Study finds drought fuels invasive species after wildfires

Irvine, Calif., Feb. 28, 2024 — In a study recently published in the journal Ecology, University of California, Irvine scientists uncover the intricate dance between drought, wildfires and invasive species in Southern California’s coastal sage...
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‘Our Father, who art in Yosemite …’

SummaryThe “Spiritual Geographies” exhibition at UCI’s Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art explores how Sierra Club co-founder John Muir, Protestant ministers, theosophists and various painters used landscape art to...
27-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

UC Irvine advances stem cell research with $4 million CIRM grant for shared resources lab

Irvine, Calif., Feb. 26, 2024 — The University of California, Irvine has received a five-year, $4 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to establish a shared resources lab in the Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research...
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UC Irvine researcher co-authors ‘scientists’ warning’ on climate and technology

Irvine, Calif., Feb. 15, 2024 – Throughout human history, technologies have been used to make peoples’ lives richer and more comfortable, but they have also contributed to a global crisis threatening Earth’s climate, ecosystems and even our...
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