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The Mystery of the Indestructible Beetle
Jesus Rivera liked to scan Craigslist for crashed motorcycles. The first one he ever took home was a totaled green Suzuki GSX-R. It took him about a year, tinkering with wires, cutting metal, and forging new parts in the subterranean machine shop of the engineering building at UC Irvine, but he and a small group of fellow grad students in the materials science program eventually turned the motorcycle into a Formula One–style race car. … The first eerie thing Rivera read about the diabolical ironclad beetle, or Phloeodes diabolicus, was the pushpin thing.
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The Compost: Sustainable homes, jobs, wine and more at free event
Would you live in a hexagon-shaped home if it was climate-friendly? What about a dome? Those are some of the designs chosen by student homebuilders from across Southern California and beyond who are competing in the inaugural Orange County Sustainability Decathlon at the OC Fair & Event Center. … The free event is now halfway over, but there’s plenty of time to catch the second half! During the first half of the decathlon, which ran Oct. 5 through Oct.
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The Loh Down on Science - Calamari camo
Squid, also known as calamari, are geniuses of camouflage. But how do they do it? University of California, Irvine scientist Alon Gorodetsky knows. His lab studies materials inspired by the skin cells of squid.
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The secrets of the diabolical ironclad beetle’s almost unsquishable strength
While many beetles are rounded on top, the diabolical ironclad is flat and low to the ground, University of California, Irvine, materials scientist David Kisailus tells Science News’ Maria Temming. That makes it hard to squish, since the pressure is distributed over the whole shell.
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Terry Lovingier: Keeping California Horse Racing In Good Hands
When you love a sport as much as Terry Lovingier loves horse racing, the time and effort you put into it is irrelevant. That is why when you ask Lovingier where he finds the time and energy to be chairperson of the board for the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association, secretary for the Thoroughbred Owners of California, owner of a successful Thoroughbred breeding operation and be the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association's Breeder of the Year, he just smiles and says he wouldn't do it if he didn't enjoy it. … Breeding horses isn't Lovingier's only source of income.
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The Death And Life Of Iran's Lake Urmia
"The floods certainly helped and increased the water levels," says Amir AghaKouchak, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of California, Irvine who has studied the lake. "However, one or a series of floods won't have a long-term impact. The main issue in the basin is that the water demand is much higher than the renewable water in the basin. ... If the water demand in the basin is not managed, after a while the lake will continue to dry out."
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The hope and hype of hydrogen
“Over time, as the infrastructure gets built out everywhere, we will see a huge private investment in the production of hydrogen and the delivery of hydrogen in these cheaper ways,” said Jack Brouwer, a professor of engineering at the University of California, Irvine, and the director of the National Fuel Cell Research Center [advanced power and energy program]. … “Someday, renewable, clean hydrogen will be cheaper than what we are paying today for gasoline,” Brouwer said.
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The biggest billion-dollar energy unicorn left standing
The growth of the fuel-cell industry has been helped by the overall reduction in the cost of fuel-cell technology, said Scott Samuelsen, director of the National Fuel Cell Research Center at the University of California, Irvine. ... Samuelsen said, "The market is beginning to recognize fuel cells as being a viable option."
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This beetle's stab-proof exoskeleton makes it almost indestructible
To understand what makes diabolical ironclad beetles so resilient, materials scientist David Kisailus at the University of California, Irvine, and his collaborators imaged the creature using various techniques, including micro computed tomography scans using an X-ray synchrotron, a particle accelerator that produces bright beams of X-ray energy. Read More
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Three Minutes with Samueli School Dean Magnus Egerstedt
Dean Magnus Egerstedt, whose research focuses on robotics, joined the UC Irvine Samueli School of Engineering in the summer of 2021. The Office of Graduate Admissions spoke with him about the evolution of professional and research degrees in the field of engineering.
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Team OC hopes its energy-efficient home takes the Solar Decathlon prize
Delving into the competitive world of innovative energy-efficiency, four Orange County schools are getting their first chance to shine at the bi-annual national Solar Decathlon hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy. ... It is the first time for Team Orange County, made up of students from UC Irvine, Irvine Valley College, Chapman University in Orange and Saddleback College in Mission Viejo.
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The diabolical ironclad beetle's super-tough shell can even resist being run over by a car
David Kisailus, a professor of materials science and engineering at the University of California, Irvine, was part of a team that launched a study to find out how the beetle could be so tough.