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Squid skin inspires versatile new "tunable" insulating material
A team of engineers led by [associate engineering professor] Alon Gorodetsky at the University of California, Irvine, has come up with a new infrared-reflecting, metalized polymer film inspired by the color-changing skin of the squid. The tunable insulating properties of the composite could make it useful in everything from coffee cups to shipping containers, plus its recyclable and can be manufactured economically at scale. Read More
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Smart Fabric Gets Smarter with Squid-Inspired Temperature Controls
Researchers from the University of California, Irvine, may have found a way to produce a material that is heat adjustable. Inspired by squid skin, the developers believe they can manufacture a material that is both washable and breathable and can be incorporated into existing flexible fabrics. The key to this new material, however, is its ability to control its temperature. Read More
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Startups & Innovations – Funding
Cellecho Inc., an Irvine biotech company, is seeking funding for its cell therapy technology that aims to make immunotherapy more accessible and safer for cancer patients. … Cellecho’s alternative is a microchip-based technology that reprograms cells. Its treatment can be manufactured in one day, versus the two weeks it takes to develop the standard cell therapy drug.
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Squid use Bragg reflectors in their skin to change colour
“Our new result not only helps advance our understanding of structural colouration in cephalopods skin cells, it also provides new insights into how such gradient refractive index distributions can be leveraged to manipulate light in both biological and engineered systems,” says Alon Gorodetsky of the
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Spring Research, Teaching and Service Awards
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San Clemente’s $14 million beach-building project kicks off
San Clemente’s beach building is officially underway. Officials gathered on Monday, Dec.
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Sonoma Fire, Microgrids, EV Chargers
Microgrids. Southern California Edison has shut off power to about 1,500 homes in the Southland today. It's a preemptive measure in case heavy winds knock over electricity transmission lines that could spark a wildfire. The move follows a controversial power shutoff in the Bay Area, and it's raising an important question: Isn't there a better way to produce and transmit electricity? Guest: Jack Brouwer, [associate professor, mechanical & aerospace engineering], University of California, Irvine. (Starts: 13:10)
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Squid-inspired packaging keeps contents not too hot, not too cold, but just right
Inspired by the way squid skin changes color, researchers have made a temperature-regulating material for coffee cups, takeout containers, grocery delivery bags, and shipping boxes. … “There is an enormous array of applications for this material,” said University of California, Irvine chemical and biomolecular engineering [associate] professor Alon Gorodetsky …. Read More
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Scientists track and analyze lofted embers that cause spot fires
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have conducted first-of-their-kind field experiments to better understand the physics of these firebrands, and their results can help authorities better model the outcomes of disasters that are happening with greater frequency in a warming climate.
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Status Update: Raising Canes, Grocery Outlet raise money for the needy
The Advanced Casting Research Center has relocated to UC Irvine, effective July 1, moving from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts. Diran Apelian, ACRC’s founding director, was recently appointed as distinguished professor at UCI’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering. He retired earlier this summer from his position as Alcoa-Howmet professor of mechanical engineering at WPI after 30 years.