While Dungeness crab captured headlines, record levels of the neurotoxin domoic acid were found in a range of species, and the toxin showed up in new places Researchers monitoring the unprec... Read more
Hybrid device integrates a microfluidic chip for sample preparation and an optofluidic chip for optical detection of individual molecules of viral RNA A team led by researchers at UC Santa C... Read more
You’ve probably heard music composed by a computer algorithm, though you may not realize it. Artificial intelligence researchers have made huge gains in computational – or algorithmic... Read more
If the open-source approach to building robot surgeons can cut costs and improve performance, patients will increasingly find them at the other end of the scalpel For much of its brief histo... Read more
A novel device that uses only sunlight and wastewater to produce hydrogen gas could provide a sustainable energy source while improving the efficiency of wastewater treatment. A research tea... Read more
After 2001, both geothermal operations and seismicity climbed steadily. An analysis of earthquakes in the area around the Salton Sea Geothermal Field in southern California has found a stron... Read more
Lawrence Livermore scientists have discovered and demonstrated a new technique to remove and store atmospheric carbon dioxide while generating carbon-negative hydrogen and producing alkalini... Read more
Can an abundance of sea otters help reverse a principal cause of global warming? Hearty appetite allows kelp forests to thrive and absorb CO2 A new study by two UC Santa Cruz researchers sug... Read more