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NSF Funds Software Research Project

August 31, 2010 – UC Irvine, along with five other universities, has received a $10 million National Science Foundation (NSF) Expeditions in Computing grant to develop robust  software for computing with unreliable, but energy-efficient nanoscale computer components. The Irvine
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Transforming Research into Profitability

August 19, 2010 – SURF-IT students have labored in their mentors’ labs this summer, learning the finer points of hands-on research along the way. But at Tuesday’s SURF-IT summer seminar, they got a lesson in real-world economics from entrepreneur Jeff Greenberg, who discussed wa
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Improving Electronic Medical Records

August 13, 2010 – Electronic medical records systems transform patient charts into legible, accessible and easy-to-share files. But a 2009 study found that only 1.5 percent of U.S. hospitals were using these systems. In the remaining 97.5 percent of hospitals, it can take as lon
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Grant to Fund Stroke Robotic-Recovery Study

August 12, 2010 – More than half of all stroke patients suffer chronic motor impairment, with a large percentage experiencing difficulty in using their hand and arm.  CALIT2 affiliate David Reinkensmeyer, mechanical and aerospace engineering professor, will use a five-year, $1.5
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