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Pedal Power uses bicycle to recycle waste

Nov. 21, 2016 – Tucked into an inconspicuous space in one of UC Irvine’s arts buildings is a potential game-changer: a why-didn’t-I-think-of-that model that its creators hope will redefine environmental awareness and help reduce the world’s surfeit of plastic waste. The ambitiou
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Protein Discovery: First Of Its Family To Ever To Be Sequenced

Nov. 21, 2016 – Hundreds of brutal, efficient killers crowd Carter Butts’ home, bringing grim death to any unwise enough to venture into range. But fear not. These are magnificent bug-eating plants that populate nearly every continent. Drosera capensis, commonly known as the cap
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Calplug Semiannual workshop #10 held at CALIT2

Nov. 21, 2016 – CalPlug Semiannual Workshop #10 was held Nov. 9, at CALIT2. The California Plug Load Research Center (CalPlug) was established to improve energy efficiency in the use and design of appliances and consumer electronic devices. This semiannual workshop was created t
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Technologies for Healthy Aging

Nov. 16, 2016 – According to a report by the Orange County Healthy Aging Initiative, the OC is home to more than 3.1 million people and is the sixth most populous county in the nation. Today, 13.5% of the county’s population is 65 year old and older. This number is projected to
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