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Model Behavior
How to maintain generative AI safeguards against hate speech and criminal activity even when they are run on low-power devices
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Ray of Insight
Ming Liu's research into three-dimensional imaging reveals insights for faster, more efficient nanoscale photodetectors
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Sky's the Limit
Boeing Satellite Systems president and alum Ryan Reid will share his leadership and engineering experience as the first Distinguished Visionary
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Delivering Data Science
Recent accreditation of undergraduate data science program marks five years of success and innovation
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Exposing Fakes
Electrical and Computer department engineers team up with Google to develop AI tool that detects video tampering
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Robot Ready
Brandon Marcus rises to research success as one of the first two students to graduate with an undergraduate degree in robotics
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News

Lithium Solid State Battery
October 22, 2025
Cool battery power
A team of UC Riverside engineers has discovered why a key solid-state battery material stays remarkably cool during operation — a breakthrough that could help make the next generation of lithium batteries safer and more powerful.
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October 08, 2025
Successful Launch
The Highlander Space Program, a student aerospace engineering organization, marked two milestones: The successful launch of its first-ever liquid-fueled rocket and two awards from an international rocketry competition.
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EV model
October 07, 2025
Smarter battery tech knows whether your EV will make it home
A new diagnostic metric combines charge data and environmental factors like traffic patterns, elevation changes, and ambient temperature to generate real-time predictions about whether an EV battery can complete a specific task.
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Cengiz S. Ozkan
October 01, 2025
UCR professor wins top honor for innovative energy research
Cengiz Ozkan named Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
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