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Underside view of a chocolate chip sea star (Protoreaster Nodosus), which shows the many feet that generate forces on the body during locomotion. Matt McHenry Irvine, Calif., April 16, 2024 — In a significant scientific breakthrough,...

Written by Jasmine Osei-EninEdited by: Kristin Barbour, Samantha Borruso, Andrea Hernandez, Kevin Garcia On March 20th, 2023, graduate students from the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) department came together to clean Newport Beach, making a significant...

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 groundbreaking research...

A new study led by the University of California, Irvine has revealed a potential shift in our basic knowledge of the origins of birth defects, which affect about 3 percent of babies born in the...

Irvine, Calif., March 25, 2024 — A groundbreaking study conducted at the University of California, Irvine, has unveiled a novel approach to understanding and potentially treating cocaine addiction. Led by Jessica Childs and part of...

UC Irvine's genetic study unveils how DNA regions interact to drive development One of the enhancers used in the study turns on gene activity in the central nervous system of the developing mouse embryo. Joshua Alcantara Irvine,...