This computer scientist beats hackers at their own game UC Riverside April 9, 2019 A first-gen student who grew up in Saudi Arabia, Fatemah Alharbi followed an unexpected path to becoming a white hat hacker.
A new treatment for kidney stones UC Irvine March 28, 2019 A shock wave device used by UC Irvine urologists could be a gamechanger for treating painful kidney deposits.
UC Irvine, UC Riverside scientists identify a new world for hackers UC Irvine March 5, 2019 A sensitive DNA synthesis procedure will need more protection to ensure bioterrorists aren't listening in.
Google translates doctor's orders into Spanish and Chinese — with a few important caveats UCSF February 28, 2019 Long, jargon-filled sentences have the potential to cause clinically significant harm, but overall, the algorithm impresses.
UC San Diego undergrads modernize Tijuana’s emergency response system UC San Diego February 12, 2019 The Cruz Roja Global Ties team created a mobile app to make ambulance dispatch in Tijuana easier, faster and more efficient.
Self-driving cars will ‘cruise’ to avoid paying to park UC Santa Cruz January 31, 2019 Autonomous vehicles have every incentive to create havoc, transportation planner says.
Fractures, head injuries common in e-scooter collisions, according to new research UCLA January 30, 2019 First-of-its-kind UCLA study analyzes the public health impacts of the increasingly popular scooters.
3-D printed implants show promise for treating spinal cord injury UC San Diego January 24, 2019 The soft, implantable “bridges” guide new nerve cells to grow where the spinal cord has been severed.
Can artificial intelligence tell a polar bear from a can opener? UCLA January 9, 2019 How closely do deep learning computer networks mimic the human brain? There's still a long way to go, psychologists find.
Graduate student’s steerable brain device wins big at inventors competition UC San Diego January 3, 2019 Gopesh Tilvawala is developing a first-of-its-kind catheter to navigate tiny arteries in the brain.