Released on Sept. 4, 1957, Ford dubbed its Edsel “the car of the future.” It was designed to stand out, but most people didn’t like the way it looked. Add “ugly” to a laundry list of problems from poor performance to a high price tag and the car tanked — its only lasting legacy being […]
Integrated Trio of 2D Nanomaterials Unlocks Graphene Electronics Apps
Graphene has emerged as one of the most promising two-dimensional crystals, but the future of electronics may include two other nanomaterials, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Riverside and the University of Georgia. In research published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, the researchers described the integration of three very different […]
Spinning Better Electronic Devices
A team of researchers, led by a group at the University of California, Riverside, have demonstrated for the first time the transmission of electrical signals through insulators in a sandwich-like structure, a development that could help create more energy efficient electronic devices. Conventional electronic devices rely on the transport of electrons in a semiconductor such […]
Getting More Miles From Plug-in Hybrids
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) can reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions compared to their gas-only counterparts. Researchers at the University of California, Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering have taken the technology one step further, demonstrating how to improve the efficiency of current PHEVs by almost 12 percent. Since plug-in hybrids combine gas or […]
Research Advances Oil Production In Yeast
A team led by a researcher at the University of California, Riverside has adapted the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system for use in a yeast strain that can produce useful lipids and polymers. The development will lead to new precursors for biofuels, specialty polymers, adhesives and fragrances. Published recently in the journal ACS Synthetic Biology, the […]
Glass Coating Improves Battery Performance
Lithium-sulfur batteries have been a hot topic in battery research because of their ability to produce up to 10 times more energy than conventional batteries, which means they hold great promise for applications in energy-demanding electric vehicles. However, there have been fundamental road blocks to commercializing these sulfur batteries. One of the main problems is […]
Researchers Develop Magnetic Graphene
Graphene, a one-atom thick sheet of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice, has many desirable properties. Magnetism alas is not one of them. Magnetism can be induced in graphene by doping it with magnetic impurities, but this doping tends to disrupt graphene’s electronic properties. READ: Graphene Edges Can Be Tailor-Made Now a team of […]
Cleaning the air with roof tiles
A team of University of California, Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering students created a roof tile coating that when applied to an average-sized residential roof breaks down the same amount of smog-causing nitrogen oxides per yearas a car driven 11,000 miles. They calculated 21 tons of nitrogen oxides would be eliminated daily if tiles on one million […]
Cleaning the Air with Roof Tiles
A team of University of California, Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering students created a roof tile coating that when applied to an average-sized residential roof breaks down the same amount of smog-causing nitrogen oxides per yearas a car driven 11,000 miles. They calculated 21 tons of nitrogen oxides would be eliminated daily if tiles on […]
Computer Model Anticipates Crime Hot Spots
A unique collaboration between a University of California, Riverside sociologist and the Indio Police Department has produced a computer model that predicts, by census block group, where burglaries are likely to occur. Using the model, the Indio department has developed interventions to address the problem, and can better anticipate hot spots of criminal activity and […]