Ordinary objects alongside the road can cause a car or truck to halt abruptly Republished from UCI News When a driverless car is in motion, one faulty decision by its collision-avoidance system can lead to disaster, but researchers at the University of California, Irvine have identified another possible risk: Autonomous vehicles … [continued]
UCI-led study shows the global shift of land-use greenhouse gas emissions Earth system scientists at the University of California, Irvine and other institutions have drawn the clearest line yet connecting consumers of agricultural produce in wealthier countries in Asia, Europe and North America with a growth in greenhouse gas emissions … [continued]
A joint research team from Tohoku University and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has made a significant advancement towards high-voltage metal-free lithium-ion batteries that use a small organic molecule, croconic acid. The breakthrough moves us closer to realizing metal-free, high-energy, and inexpensive lithium-ion batteries. Unlike conventional lithium-ion batteries, … [continued]
How do we make battery recycling cost effective? Scientists at the ReCell Center have taken another step towards that goal.
Engineers create a high performance all-solid-state battery with a pure-silicon anode
Originally published by UC Berkeley, Berkeley News. By Robert Sanders California’s fire season is in full swing and could well be worse than in 2020, but new tools are on the way to help responders more rapidly locate wildfires once they break out and, ideally, quickly extinguish them before they get out … [continued]
Originally published on The U.S. National Science Foundation. WASHINGTON — Last week, the U.S. National Science Foundation announced the establishment of 11 new NSF National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes, building on the first round of 7 institutes funded in 2020. The combined investment of $220 million expands the reach of these … [continued]
Originally published on EV Annex. Charging an electric vehicle during a road trip offers a myriad of different possibilities. But sometimes a simple solution is best. Tesla, in turn, has created its own proprietary charging network. And, according to a recent article in the Harvard Business Review, “Tesla’s charging stations … [continued]
The United States could solve the complete transition to renewable energy by combining it with underground energy storage, according to a new Stanford study. Stanford professor of civil and environmental engineering, Mark Jacobson, and colleague Mark Delucchi of the University of California, Berkeley, have been working on a series of plans … [continued]
The University of California in Irvine and Davis have placed first and second in the ninth annual “Cool Schools” ranking of America’s greenest colleges and universities. Published by the Sierra magazine, the top 20 schools are ranked according to “a deep and thorough commitment to protecting the environment, addressing climate issues, … [continued]
