It could one day restore the voices of those who have lost the ability to speak due to neurological damage.
Winter is coming: A new scientific device creates electricity from falling snow
Researchers design a first-of-its-kind nanogenerator that makes electricity in remote areas.
This computer scientist beats hackers at their own game
A first-gen student who grew up in Saudi Arabia, Fatemah Alharbi followed an unexpected path to becoming a white hat hacker.
A new treatment for kidney stones
A shock wave device used by UC Irvine urologists could be a gamechanger for treating painful kidney deposits.
UC Irvine, UC Riverside scientists identify a new world for hackers
A sensitive DNA synthesis procedure will need more protection to ensure bioterrorists aren't listening in.
Google translates doctor's orders into Spanish and Chinese — with a few important caveats
Long, jargon-filled sentences have the potential to cause clinically significant harm, but overall, the algorithm impresses.
UC San Diego undergrads modernize Tijuana’s emergency response system
The Cruz Roja Global Ties team created a mobile app to make ambulance dispatch in Tijuana easier, faster and more efficient.
Self-driving cars will ‘cruise’ to avoid paying to park
Autonomous vehicles have every incentive to create havoc, transportation planner says.
Fractures, head injuries common in e-scooter collisions, according to new research
First-of-its-kind UCLA study analyzes the public health impacts of the increasingly popular scooters.
3-D printed implants show promise for treating spinal cord injury
The soft, implantable “bridges” guide new nerve cells to grow where the spinal cord has been severed.
Can artificial intelligence tell a polar bear from a can opener?
How closely do deep learning computer networks mimic the human brain? There's still a long way to go, psychologists find.
Graduate student’s steerable brain device wins big at inventors competition
Gopesh Tilvawala is developing a first-of-its-kind catheter to navigate tiny arteries in the brain.