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Fueling What’s Next
How FirstElement Fuel founded by UC Irvine alumni built the world’s most extensive hydrogen fueling network—and why t...
Jill Kato June 16, 2025
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What If Batteries Actually Worked the Way We Wanted?
UC Irvine-born startup Enevate is solving EVs’ biggest pain points.
Jill Kato June 16, 2025
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A Surgical Procedure Without the Surgery
UC Irvine professor of ophthalmology and biomedical engineering Tibor Juhasz spent 25 years perfecting a laser treatm...
Jill Kato June 11, 2025
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Birthing a Star to Save a Planet
Will UC Irvine-based TAE Technologies take nuclear fusion from science fiction to reality and solve the biggest exist...
Jill Kato June 11, 2025
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Breathing Room
UC Irvine Startup Makani Science Has Created the Most Important Medical Device You’ll Never Notice
Jill Kato May 23, 2025
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An AI That’s a Better Friend—And Maybe a Lifeline for Humanity
Bill Tomlinson’s AI doesn’t just chat. It remembers, it cares, and it might just help us save ourselves.
Jill Kato May 20, 2025
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Early Assurance for Early Arrivals
NeoCare Innovations Technology Offers a Safer Start for Vulnerable Newborns.
Jill Kato November 13, 2024
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A Collaboration that Created an Industry
Before the partnership between Glaukos and UCI, MIGS did not exist. Now, an entire industry has developed around it.
Jill Kato June 25, 2024
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Can We Prompt Hair to Grow?
UC Irvine startup Amplifica is developing novel treatments to address hair loss.
Jill Kato March 19, 2024
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Is Cell Regeneration a Cure for Blindness?
UC Irvine startup jCyte uses cultivated cells to bring dying photoreceptors back to life.
Jill Kato November 27, 2023