UC Irvine |
A call to hit the ‘pause’ button on AI experiments
Tech experts have published an open letter about artificial intelligence and the race to create something we’re not sure we can control.
UC San Diego |
This is what happens when your phone is spying on you
Study reveals smartphone spyware apps are hard to detect and remove.
Berkeley Lab |
Balancing a battery-powered future with energy justice
How inclusive research could support communities around California’s Salton Sea.
UCLA Newsroom |
UCLA roboticist Dennis Hong rolls out his robot posse in a TEDx talk
“Openness, freedom, trust, having fun and truly believing what you can do to change the world” guide Hong’s new creations.
UC San Diego |
Don’t know CPR? There’s an app for that, thanks to a UC San Diego Health doctor
A new free app arms people with a real-time tool for opioid overdoses and unconscious victims.
UC Berkeley |
California takes a first step towards worker data rights
On Jan. 1, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect, marking the first time that workers in the U.S. will have the right to know when employers are surveilling them, and for what purpose.
UC Berkeley |
Pushing to remove legal barriers for formerly incarcerated students
The policy fellowship at UC Berkeley’s Underground Scholars Initiative continues the student group’s tradition of successful legislation work.
UC Irvine |
UC Irvine physicist proposes new experiment to detect dark matter in our solar system
The SpaceQ mission, involving atomic clocks on spacecraft placed close to the sun, could help find particles that have eluded researchers for decades.
Lawrence Livermore National Lab |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's National Ignition Facility achieves fusion ignition
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) today announced the achievement of fusion ignition at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) — a major scientific breakthrough decades in the making that will pave the way for advancements in national defense and the future of clean power.
UC Berkeley |
Could this new process finally turn polyethylene bags, plastics into something useful?
A promising new method for breaking down plastic would finally allow us to do something useful with hard-to-recycle waste.
Berkeley Lab via The Conversation |
Hurricane Ian: When the power grid goes out, could solar and batteries power your home?
A study of real-world disasters shows how home solar and storage could keep the lights on and the air conditioner running during many outages, if not all.
UC Santa Cruz |
Political parties use gerrymandering to counteract shifting voter preferences in key battleground states
Whichever party controls the redistricting process in the state legislature engineers an 11 percentage point increase in its probability of winning a U.S. House race in the next election — and these advantages often run counter to the will of voters.