January 7, 2016
…consequential resources.” Replace petroleum-based plastics with biodegradable plastics made from algae Stephen Mayfield, professor of biology, director of the California Center for Algae Biotechnology “Algae are the most important photosynthetic organisms on Earth,” Mayfield says. “They capture more solar energy and produce more oxygen than the sum of the rest…
May 7, 2014
Nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego are asking what might be possible if semiconductor materials were flexible and stretchable without sacrificing electronic function? Today’s flexible electronics are already enabling a new generation of wearable sensors and other mobile electronic devices. But these flexible electronics, in which very thin…
November 19, 2020
…transmission in mosquitos; creating biodegradable algae-based flip-flops designed to help eradicate plastic waste; and building a camera network that has become a vital firefighting tool helping first responders confirm and monitor wildfires across California. Students on beach at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Image courtesy of Special Collections & Archives, UC…
January 3, 2022
Researchers have shown that highly accurate, long-read genomic sequencing technology (HiFi), combined with advanced algorithms, can differentiate between nearly identical organisms, allowing researchers to more completely catalogue microbial communities.
