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Soft biosensor that adapts as your brain grows tested on butterfly wings
Interesting Engineering -
Researchers from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and Columbia University have developed a groundbreaking biocompatible sensor implant capable of monitoring neurological functions as patients grow. … “For our innovation, we used organic polymer materials that are inherently closer to us biologically, and we designed it to interact with ions, because the language of the brain and body is ionic, not electronic,” said co-author Dion Khodagholy. Read More
Biocompatible sensor implant conforms to organ growth
The Engineer -
“Advanced electronics have been in development for several decades now, so there is a large repository of available circuit designs. The problem is that most of these transistor and amplifier technologies are not compatible with our physiology,” said co-author Dion Khodagholy, Henry Samueli Faculty Excellence Professor in UC Irvine’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. “For our innovation, we used organic polymer materials that are inherently closer to us biologically, and we designed it to interact with ions, because the language of the brain and body is ionic, not electronic.” Read More
Biocompatible Transistors for Long-Term Neural Monitoring
AZO Sensors -
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) and Columbia University have developed a new sensor implant that uses soft, conformable materials embedded with transistors to monitor neurological functions. This biocompatible device adapts to a patient’s physiological changes over time, making it particularly useful for pediatric applications. Read More
Soft bioelectronic sensor implant conforms to body's tissues, allowing brain monitoring through development
Medical Xpress -
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine … have embedded transistors in a soft, conformable material to create a biocompatible sensor implant that monitors neurological functions through successive phases of a patient's development. …"We demonstrated our ability to create robust, complementary, integrated circuits that are capable of high-quality acquisition and processing of biological signals," said Khodagholy, head of the UC Irvine Translational Neuroelectronics Laboratory. Read More
The LA wildfires are ripping through the celebrity-packed Pacific Palisades. Here's which stars have lost homes.
Business Insider -
Wildfires in the western US have been steadily growing bigger and more severe for decades, while the time of heightened risk known as "fire season" has been getting longer each year. A paper published in 2023 by researchers from the University of California, Irvine, found the human-caused climate crisis is the "major driver" for the state's increase in wildfires over the last quarter century. Read More
Tiny burning embers flew miles, causing L.A. fire destruction on historic scale
Los Angeles Times -
Tirtha Banerjee, [is] an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at UC Irvine. … Banerjee’s research has found that those strong wind gusts help loft and transport embers, which is “what’s responsible for most of the building damage,” he said. “It’s not necessarily always this big wall of flame but rather embers transporting long distances and landing on some kind of fuel nearby or directly landing on a building.” Homes that are set ablaze by embers can also then contribute to even more ember generation, Banerjee said. Read More
The LA wildfires are ripping through the celebrity-packed Pacific Palisades. Here's which stars have lost homes in the blaze.
Business Insider -
Wildfires in the western US have been steadily growing bigger and more severe for decades, while the time of heightened risk known as "fire season" has been getting longer each year. A paper published in 2023 by researchers from the University of California, Irvine, found the human-caused climate crisis is the "major driver" for the state's increase in wildfires over the last quarter century. Read More
Time is Now to Abandon ‘Bathtub Modeling,’ Researchers Argue
Stormwater Report -
“Projections of flooding need to make sense to people, not only for building understanding of what’s at risk but also for deciding upon the investments and policies that will be made to manage it,” said Brett Sanders, UC Irvine Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and letter co-author. “Research studies that oversimplify flooding and don’t represent real-world data pose a threat to transformative action.” Read More
Origami-Inspired Heart Valve May Revolutionize Treatment for Toddlers
ZME Science -
Every year, over a million children worldwide are born with congenital heart defects that threaten their lives and development. … Nnaoma Agwu, a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate at UC Irvine and his mentor Professor Arash Kheradvar have developed a new valve that can also work for toddlers. The origami-inspired valve operates at different diameters, which makes it suitable for growing toddlers. Read More
Commentary: Five Initiatives to Achieve AI Engineering Dominance
National Defense -
Pramod P. Khargonekar, UC Irvine distinguished professor of electrical engineering and computer science and vice chancellor for research writes, “A recent report, “AI Engineering: A Strategic Research Framework to Benefit Society,” produced by the Engineering Research Visioning Alliance, an initiative funded by the National Science Foundation, sought to define the emerging field of AI engineering and identify five research priorities around which decision-makers — including in the defense establishment — must collaborate on driving key advances.” Read More