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Vehicle charging

UCR experts call for comprehensive electrical grid upgrades 

Significant growth in electricity use in California in the coming decades calls for systemic, well-coordinated, proactive, collaborative, and equitable upgrades to state’s electrical grid

By David Danelski | September 27, 2024 | Science / Technology
fast computer processing

Method identified to double computer processing speeds

UCR computer scientists identify method identified to double computer processing speed using existing hardware

By David Danelski | February 21, 2024 | Science / Technology
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Grant powers regional lithium mining hub as shortage looms

Those working to establish a sustainable lithium mining industry in Southern California have gotten a surge of support with a new grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration.

By Jules Bernstein | November 7, 2023 | Science / Technology
AI

Artificial Intelligence to reshape deep science learning

Artificial Intelligence, beyond the hype and hysteria in headlines today, plays a growing role in daily life and business – with uses ranging from predictive text to Netflix recommendations to the detection of bank fraud. Much of that progress is thanks to researchers on the cutting edge of complex scientific...

By UCR News | June 29, 2023 | Science / Technology
Google data center

AI programs consume large volumes of scarce water

UCR study the first time estimates the huge water footprint from running artificial intelligence queries that rely on the cloud computations done in racks of servers that must be kept cool in warehouse-sized data processing centers.

By David Danelski | April 28, 2023 | Science / Technology
electric vehicle

NSF-funded project aims to enhance STEM graduate training in sustainable transportation

New UC Riverside program will train doctoral students on translating science into public policy

By Iqbal Pittalwala | July 5, 2022 | Science / Technology
Illustration suggesting the computer vision system of a self-driving carr

Protecting computer vision from adversarial attacks

UC Riverside engineers are developing methods to keep self-driving cars and autonomous drones from being hacked

By Holly Ober | June 15, 2022 | Science / Technology
Emissions coming from factory chimneys

Fighting climate change with carbon capture and utilization technologies

Two UC Riverside experts explain how carbon capture and utilization technologies work, and what needs to improve for them to deliver on their promise

By Holly Ober | March 8, 2022 | Science / Technology
A cluster of amethyst crystals

Time crystals leave the lab

Time crystals that persist indefinitely at room temperature could have applications in precision timekeeping

By Holly Ober | February 14, 2022 | Science / Technology
nanoparticles-on-colorful-background

“Magic wand” reveals a colorful nano-world

Novel color photography using a high-efficiency probe can super-focus white light into a 6-nanometer spot for nanoscale color imaging

By Holly Ober | November 23, 2021 | Science / Technology
Photo of laptop, tablet, and cellphone

Quickly optimizing deep neural networks for different devices

New technique makes apps perform better across devices while keeping costs about the same

By Holly Ober | November 15, 2021 | Science / Technology
Air polluting smokestack

Is it feasible to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

A UC Riverside engineer discusses direct air capture

By Holly Ober | June 14, 2021 | Science / Technology
a soft robot made at UCR

UC Riverside offers UC system's first master's degree in robotics

Algorithmic bias is one problem the program will tackle

By Holly Ober | May 25, 2021 | Science / Technology

$3 million award to create a new field of research in one-dimensional quantum materials

Alexander Balandin’s Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship will help advance quantum materials for electronics and energy conversion

By Holly Ober | May 7, 2021 | Science / Technology
Bundles of needle-like nanowires

Polymer film protects from electromagnetic radiation, signal interference

The breakthrough combines excellent electromagnetic shielding with ease of manufacture and electrical isolation

By Holly Ober | February 22, 2021 | Science / Technology
Base model for an agricultural robot that will collect leaves and test them for moisture to determine when to irrigate

A robot that tells growers when to water crops is on the way

Researchers are creating an autonomous mobile robot to sample leaves and measure their water potential

By Holly Ober | November 19, 2020 | Science / Technology

UC Riverside receives $7.5 million to improve large-scale networked systems

New Department of Defense Center of Excellence will help develop secure, fully networked command, control, and communications infrastructures

By Holly Ober | October 2, 2020 | Science / Technology
plastic bottle waste

Upcycling plastic waste toward sustainable energy storage

Simple process transforms PET plastic into a nanomaterial for energy storage

By Holly Ober | August 11, 2020 | Science / Technology
An intersection near the entrance to UCR

UC Riverside computer scientists receive grant to improve security of visual artificial intelligence

Amit Roy-Chowdhury leads project that will develop robust context-aware machine vision for computers

By Holly Ober | July 27, 2020 | Science / Technology
drone flying over mountains

UC Riverside receives $1.2 million grant to build GPUs for autonomous vehicles

Project will develop energy-efficient, energy-elastic, and real-time-aware graphic-processing units

By Holly Ober | June 26, 2020 | Science / Technology
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