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Is it possible that we could eat our way out of the climate crisis?
“We are basically the first group that started thinking about the supply chain, or the pain point, that nickel will bring to the EV industry in a matter of, I would say, three to five years,” says Huolin Xin, UCI professor of physics & astronomy, lead author of a paper in Nature Energy on a new way to use nickel in lithium-ion batteries. Steve Zylius / UCI
Low-nickel batteries could lead to long-lasting, cobalt-free, lithium-ion batteries
The golden parts of the device depicted in the above graphic are transformable, an ability that is “not realizable with the current materials used in industry,” says Ian Sequeira, a Ph.D. student who worked to develop the technology in the laboratory of Javiar Sanchez-Yamahgishi, UCI assistant professor of physics & astronomy. Yuhui Yang / UCI
A finding that could fundamentally change the nature of electronic devices
“With this study, we’ve found a way to potentially harness microglia themselves to treat those diseases,” said Mathew Blurton-Jones of UCI (clockwise from upper left), pictured with Jean Paul Chadarevian of UCI, and Frederick “Chris” Bennett and Sonia Lombroso of Penn.
Scientists overcome key hurdle in inserting healthy immune cells into the brain
Mineralizing carbon dioxide underground is a potential carbon storage method. (Illustration by Cortland Johnson | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Turning carbon dioxide into solid minerals
Hydrogen fuel cell advance: UCLA team exceeds DOE-set targets for fuel cell performance and durability
Hydrogen fuel cell advance uses almost 40% less platinum per vehicle
A wearable health monitor that doesn’t need a battery
Alon Gorodetsky shows off the adaptive heat-managing composite material his lab developed that is nicknamed after its inspiration: squid skin. Steve Zylius / UCI
A truly amazing adaptive heat-managing composite material
Safe, low-cost, energy-dense, and long-lifetime solid-state sodium batteries
UCI/Steve Zylius Results from new study, led by Michael Demetriou, MD, PhD, may pave the way for new potential therapeutic targets to rejuvenate the immune system in older adults and thereby reduce their risk of infectious disease.
How to rejuvenate the immune system of elderly people and reduce their risk of infectious disease
Shaun Tan/UCLA Photo of a thin film perovskite solar cell produced with a manufacturing process fix developed by UCLA researchers and colleagues
Finally: A fix that makes perovskite solar cells commercially viable
“Humans and machine algorithms have complementary strengths and weaknesses,” says study co-author Mark Steyvers (right), UCI professor of cognitive sciences, here with fellow co-author Padhraic Smyth, UCI Chancellor’s Professor of computer science. “Each uses different sources of information and strategies to make predictions and decisions.” Steve Zylius / UCI
New and improved approaches to human-AI collaboration by combining machine and human predictions
Detecting when individual heart cells misbehave using “pop-up” sensors
A “body area network” innovative fabric enables digital communication between wearers and nearby devices
The potential of an overlooked climate change solution