Using compressive steel plates, engineers at the University of California Irvine (UCI) found that it can take an applied force of about 150 newtons – a load at least 39,000 times its body weight – before its exoskeleton begins to fracture. … “The ironclad is a terrestrial beetle, so it’s not lightweight and fast but built more like a little tank,” says UCI’s David Kisailus.

“Almost any objective analysis for getting to zero emissions includes hydrogen.” — Jack Brouwer, director of the National Fuel Cell Research Center at the University of California, Irvine, on the prospects for hydrogen as a mainstream fuel source. [Subscription required, campus-wide access provided by UCI Libraries.

As Earth’s temperatures continue to rise, the tropical rain belt is expected to make a permanent shift to the north. A new study from UC Irvine confirms that climate change will alter the position of the rain belt, but reveals that the changes will be regionally inconsistent.