4+ hour, 3+ min ago  (501+ words) Irvine, Calif., March 16, 2026 " Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, Israel's Tel Aviv University and other institutions have developed a first-of-its-kind membrane through which charged molecules pass using nothing more than a rapidly switching low-voltage signal. This "ratchet-based ion pump…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago  (343+ words) Irvine, Calif., March 2, 2026 " The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has named two University of California, Irvine faculty members as 2026 Sloan Research Fellows. Herdeline Ann "Digs" Ardo'a, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, and Seunghyun Sim, assistant professor of chemistry, are among…...