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UCR professor to serve on United Nations climate panel

Representing the United States, UCR professor Mihri Ozkan I will provide recommendations to a United Nations panel for emerging research and strategies needed to shape the future of direct air carbon capture technology and "its role in our collective quest for a carbon-neutral society."

By David Danelski | June 26, 2024 | Science / Technology
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AI creates new environmental injustices, but there’s a fix

AI is creating inequitable environmental consequences in the form of water consumption to keep servers cool and air pollution from power plants that supply the electricity. But the tech companies could distribute their processing loads to avoid environmental injustices, UCR study finds.

By David Danelski | July 12, 2023 | Science / Technology
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Breaking the heat barrier of computer innovation

As our computers and other electronic devices become faster and more powerful, they are coming closer to an undeniable physical limitation: heat generated by the electrons that carry information as they move through semiconductors. “Making heat is a fundamental limit that will prevent the further development of electronic devices. So...

By David Danelski | May 9, 2023 | Science / Technology
Quantum electrons

UCR team creates “quantum composites” for various electrical and optical innovations

UCR team has shown in the laboratory the unique and practical function of newly created materials, which they called quantum composites, that may advance electrical, optical, and computer technologies.

By David Danelski | April 18, 2023 | Science / Technology
electromigration

A faster way to fail

Electromigration at normal operating temperatures causes integrated circuits to fail in hours instead of years, allowing researchers to assess how durable they are

By Holly Ober | June 12, 2018 | Science / Technology
Power Lines on Angeles National Forest credit Tony Webster

How greener grids can stay lit

A new index to guide utility demand bidding could balance electricity distribution and lower consumer costs as California solar-panel mandate takes effect

By Holly Ober | May 24, 2018 | Science / Technology
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University of California and Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers receive $3.6M to secure smart campuses

The project, co-led by UC Riverside and UCLA, will develop a holistic framework to enhance the security, privacy, and safety of campus operation

By Holly Ober | May 9, 2018 | Science / Technology
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One-dimensional material packs a powerful punch for next generation electronics

The new technology has applications in nanometer-scale transistors and circuits

By Holly Ober | May 1, 2018 | Science / Technology
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