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Strong beetles and stronger sandwiches
The diabolical ironclad beetle … can withstand 39,000 times its own body weight, comparable to the force of being run over by a car on a dirt road. So what’s the secret to their superstrength? A collection of jigsaw-like joints and exoskeleton-adjacent support structures, an exoskeleton composed of three layered cuticles, and helically arranged proteins that together give the bugs multilayered protection, according to new work by David Kisailus at the University of California, Irvine, and colleagues ….
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Samuelis gift UCI $50 million for health, society and environmental research
A donation to UC Irvine‘s engineering school from philanthro
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Smart skin sticker could detect asthma attacks before they happen
The device is made using Shrinky Dinks – plastic sheets that shrink to a fraction of their original size when heated. They are popular among children because they can be coloured and cut into shapes before shrinking. … It could be a useful tool for monitoring people with chronic lung conditions, such as asthma and cystic fibrosis, says Michelle Khine at the University of California, Irvine, who led the team. People will use the device by sticking it to their lower ribs.
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Spring 2016
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Shark Tank's Mark Cuban links with Irvine's Cup-a-Bug inventor
Justin Huang secured a deal with “Shark Tank” investor Mark Cuban for his bug catcher, Cup-a-Bug, in a episode that aired on ABC last month. … Huang described himself as a “serial inventor.” He graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering in 2010 but diverged from a typical engineering career to pursue his own interests. Read More
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Student Affairs, Advising
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Sick Beats: Using Music and Smartphone to Attack a Biosafety Room
As it turns out, perhaps one who has read a new paper on the potential for hacking biosafety rooms using music.
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Samueli School Arch
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Startups & Innovations: Incubators & Accelerators
The National Institutes of Health has extended its partnership with wet lab incubator University Lab Partners through the end of the year.
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Sustainable Aviation Hydrogen Powerplant Developer Hydroplane has Been Awarded a Prestigious Caltestbed Voucher from The California Energy Commission
Sustainable aviation hydrogen powerplant developer Hydroplane has been awarded a prestigious CalTestBed voucher from the California Energy Commission to conduct testing and accelerate commercialization of its revolutionary new electric propulsion system. … The award will permit Hydroplane to conduct ground-based commercialization studies at the National Fuel Cell Research Center (NFRC) at the University of California at Irvine. The team will assess performance of the fuel cell powerplant in conditions that simulate the flight environment – for example, changes in altitude and temperature.
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Students Compete To Design Elon Musk’s Hyperloop
“We actually designed, prototyped and built these air levitation skis ourselves,” said Arwa Tizani, UC Irvine team captain. Tizani just graduated with a civil engineering major and is doing her masters at UC Irvine as well in mechanical and aerospace engineering. “I love this. This project has changed my life,” said Tizani.