The Lab Beat
Episodes
The Sound of the Brain
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dion Khodagholy is trying to cure epilepsy by implanting a neural interface on the brain. Khodagholy is a UCI associate professor of electrical engine...
Methalox Rockets
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The UCI Rocket Project Liquids team is one of the few undergraduate teams that launched a methalox rocket in 2023. Methalox is the leading-edge fuel c...
Becoming Invisible
20 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alon Gorodetsky is creating materials that mimic the camouflage capabilities of squids that can change color, transparency and temperature. Learn how ...
Hydrogen Fueling the Future
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can hydrogen energy change the world? UCI Clean Energy Institute Director Jack Brouwer thinks so. His institute is creating sustainable hydrocarbon fu...
Can a Robot Love?
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Top roboticist Magnus Egerstedt explores whether robots can love in the UCI Robot Ecology Lab, where his altruistic robots take cues from animals. Ege...
The Power of Glowing Color
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stacy Copp's lab is using glowing light and color to see deep inside human tissues which could replace the need for X-rays. Listen to Copp, an associa...
National Fuel Cell Center
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
National Fuel Cell Research Center Director Iryna Zenyuk is striving to enable clean hydrogen to power everything from Olympic buses, trucks, the ceme...
Upcycling EV batteries
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Diran Apelian found a way to recycle EV batteries and co-founded the billion-dollar company Ascend Elements, one of TIME'S America's Top Ten Green Tec...
The 100 Year Starship Project
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ronke Olabisi is healing wounds without scars and making bone grow from seashells as she works on the 100 Year Starship Project which aims to enable t...
From Flush to Future
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Kisailus is turning urine into medical-grade material for bone and teeth implants and water purification. Learn how Kisailus is making bone impl...
3D Stem Cell Engineering
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Quinton Smith's 3D approach to stem cell engineering could revolutionize how we test drugs and do organ transplants. Learn about his innovative approa...