Researchers Develop Framework that Improves Firefox Security

Researchers from the University of California San Diego, University of Texas at Austin, Stanford University and Mozilla have developed a new framework to improve web browser security. The framework, called RLBox, has been integrated into Firefox to...
25-Feb-2020 8:00 AM EST Add to Favorites

Controlling CAR T cells with light selectively destroys skin tumors in mice

UC San Diego bioengineers have developed a control system that could make CAR T-cell therapy safer and more powerful when treating cancer. By programming CAR T cells to switch on when exposed to blue light, the researchers controlled the cells to...
17-Feb-2020 11:40 AM EST Add to Favorites

Ultrasound device improves charge time and run time in lithium batteries

Researchers at the University of California San Diego developed an ultrasound-emitting device that brings lithium metal batteries, or LMBs, one step closer to commercial viability. Although the research team focused on LMBs, the device can be used...
14-Feb-2020 2:30 PM EST Add to Favorites

New chip brings ultra-low power Wi-Fi connectivity to IoT devices

More portable, fully wireless smart home setups. Lower power wearables. Batteryless smart devices. These could all be made possible thanks to a new ultra-low power Wi-Fi radio developed by UC San Diego engineers. It enables Wi-Fi communication at...
17-Feb-2020 11:35 AM EST Add to Favorites

Measuring Mutations in Sperm May Reveal Risk for Autism in Future Children

SDSC researchers used SDSC’s ‘Comet’ Supercomputer to analyze genome sequences in a recent study published in Nature Medicine by an international team of scientists led by researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine. The study describes a...
13-Feb-2020 1:10 PM EST Add to Favorites

What is the Best Way to Encourage Innovation? Competitive Pay May be the Answer

Economists and business leaders agree that innovation is a major force behind economic growth, but many disagree on what is the best way to encourage workers to produce the “think-outside-of-the-box” ideas. New research from UC San Diego...
12-Feb-2020 2:30 PM EST Add to Favorites

Second GPU Cloudburst Experiment Yields New Findings

Researchers at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) and the Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC) have conducted a second experimentt marshalled globally available-for-sale GPUs (graphics processing units), proving it is...
12-Feb-2020 2:10 PM EST Add to Favorites

A Nation Dangerously Divided: Race Shapes Who Wins and Who Loses in U.S. Democracy

Race is shown to be the single most important factor in American democracy, determining which candidates win elections, which voters win at the polls, and who is on the losing end of policy. These conclusions are at the center of a new book...
10-Feb-2020 7:00 AM EST Add to Favorites

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