Media Watch
Parents, foster the success of dealing with failure
Orange County Register -
It’s OK to be cautious, but to be so fearful of failure that you stop trying is deleterious. … a panel of successful people discussed failure. The participants were … Michelle Khine, an associate professor of biomedical engineering, chemical engineering and materials science at UC Irvine ... Khine talked about having hundreds of bad ideas in science for every great idea.
With its pilot project, one Irvine company is turning emissions into electricity
Orange County Register -
A company, Ener-Core, along with OC Waste and UCI have partnered to create a system to convert [methane] gas into an energy source. … Engineering students at UC Irvine will study the project’s results and work to improve technology. … UC Irvine received a $1.5 million grant from the California Energy Commission, and is coordinating subcontracts for the project.
Dynamic camouflage will let soldiers hide like a squid
Marketplace -
In a lab at UC Irvine, chemical engineering professor Alon Gorodetsky and his team are making synthetic squid protein using bacteria. The lab is recreating a protein called Reflectin – it's what allows squid to change color and disappear into their surroundings by manipulating light – in the hopes that it could someday be used by the military as part of more effective camouflage.
NASA water scientist Jay Famiglietti
PBS So Cal/KOCE Tavis Smiley -
Jay Famiglietti, senior water scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and UC Irvine professor discusses the severity of California’s drought.