University of California, Irvine

Ocean plankton sponge up nearly twice the carbon currently assumed

Models of carbon dioxide in the world's oceans need to be revised, according to new work by UC Irvine and other scientists published online Sunday in Nature Geoscience. Trillions of plankton near the surface of warm waters are far more carbon-rich than has long been thought, they found. Glo ... more

Sky-high methane mystery closer to being solved, UCI researchers say

Increased capture of natural gas from oil fields probably accounts for up to 70 percent of the dramatic leveling off seen in atmospheric methane at the end of the 20th century, according to new UC Irvine research published in the journal Nature. "We can now say with confidence that, based o ... more

Strychnine in six steps

Strychnine can now be synthesised in just six steps, say US scientists.  Christopher Vanderwal and his team from the University of California, Irvine created four new carbon–carbon bonds and a carbon–oxygen bond in four steps on the way to making strychnine.‘Until recently, the fastest synt ... more