21 h. ago University of California’s New President, James Milliken, Will Come From Texas

James B. Milliken will lead the California system, relinquishing his position as the chancellor of the University of Texas system.

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52 h. ago Discovery of extended slip bands reshapes understanding of material deformation under stress

University of California, Irvine scientists have expanded on a longstanding model governing the mechanics behind slip banding, a process that produces strain marks in metals under compression, gaining a new understanding of the behavior of advanced materials critical to energy systems, space exploration and nuclear applications.

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3 d. ago Reinforcement learning boosts reasoning skills in new diffusion

A team of AI researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, working with a colleague from Meta AI, has introduced d1, a diffusion-large-language-model-based framework that has been improved through the use of reinforcement learning. The group posted a paper describing their work and features of the new framework on the arXiv preprint server.

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3 d. ago Alzheimer’s brain treatment shows promising results in new study

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, have developed a groundbreaking therapy for Alzheimer’s disease by using stem cells to program human immune cells for targeted treatment.

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4 d. ago Teen rejected by 16 colleges, hired by Google, sues for racial discrimination

Stanley Zhong is suing the University of California, Cornell and others. He was rejected from 16 colleges despite being offered a Ph.D.-level job at 13.

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4 d. ago San Francisco Travels to California, San Diego in Final Road Trip

San Francisco Travels to California, San Diego in Final Road Trip  University of San Francisco Athletics

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8 d. ago More power grid connectivity in Western US could supercharge clean energy

A new study led by researchers at the University of California San Diego offers a first-of-its-kind look at how deeper coordination among Western U.S. states could lower the cost of decarbonizing the electric grid—and speed up the clean energy transition.

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8 d. ago Exposure to toxin increases colorectal cancer risk among younger adults, study finds

Researchers from University of California San Diego have linked a bacterial toxin called colibactin to the increase in early-onset cases of colorectal cancer.

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9 d. ago Combining electrical and force signals boosts prosthetic hand accuracy

Combining two different kinds of signals could help engineers build prosthetic limbs that better reproduce natural movements, according to a new study from the University of California, Davis. The work, published April 10 in PLOS One, shows that a combination of electromyography and force myography is more accurate at predicting hand movements than either method by itself.

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1 week ago James Carville questions if Americans should wait until Trump is 'Hitler' before taking action

Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville questioned whether Americans should just sit back until President Donald Trump becomes "Hitler" on his podcast on Wednesday.

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2 w. ago Kamala Harris paid LeBron James' entertainment company $50,000 for 'campaign event production,' records show

LeBron James endorsed Kamala Harris for president before the election, and the campaign paid his entertainment company $50,000 in January.

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2 w. ago Judge James Boasberg Threatens to Hold Trump Officials in Contempt of Court for Not Flying Gang Members Back to U.S.

Judge James Boasberg has found "probable cause" to hold President Donald Trump's administration in contempt of court for what he claims was a violation of his court order in which he told officials to turn two deportation flights, filled with illegal alien gang members, back around to the United States. The post Judge James Boasberg Threatens to Hold Trump Officials in Contempt of Court for Not Flying Gang Members Back to U.S. appeared first on Breitbart.

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2 w. ago Longtime Trump foe Letitia James reviewing possible insider trading over president's tariff pause

New York Attorney General Letitia James is reviewing whether President Donald Trump or his associates benefited from advance knowledge of a tariff pause that sent markets soaring.

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2 w. ago SHES Collaborates with University of California San Francisco to Assess Pork and Poultry Worker Safety

SHES Collaborates with University of California San Francisco to Assess Pork and Poultry Worker Safety  Georgia Tech News Center

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2 w. ago AI system restores speech for paralyzed patients using own voice

Developed at two California universities, the innovative technology combines brain-computer interfaces with advanced AI to decode neural activity into audible speech.

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2 w. ago James Carville suggests 'split' with the left over 'pronoun politics'

After their last defeat in the presidential election, James Carville wants a "schism" within the Democratic Party due to differences of opinion on how to handle "pronoun politics."

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3 w. ago Rep. Clyburn throws Kamala Harris campaign under the bus, says team failed her

Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., defended former Vice President Kamala Harris' run for president, saying the "great candidate" was poorly served by her campaign team.

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3 w. ago A new robotic gripper made of measuring tape is sizing up fruit and veggie picking

It's a game a lot of us played as children—and maybe even later in life: unspooling measuring tape to see how far it would extend before bending. But to engineers at the University of California San Diego, this game was an inspiration, suggesting that measuring tape could become a great material for a robotic gripper.

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3 w. ago Trump administration sows panic at California universities after revoking over 100 student visas

Trump administration sows panic at California universities after revoking over 100 student visas  San Francisco Chronicle

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3 w. ago Nearly 150 Students Have Had Visas Revoked and Could Face Deportation

Dozens of schools, including the University of California and Harvard, said the Trump administration ended the visas of their students in recent days. For many, the reasons are unclear.

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