Climate change researchers find way to improve accuracy of global climate models
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- Written by Alison Hewitt
- Category: California News
Los Angeles, California - UCLA researchers have discovered a way to reduce uncertainty in global climate models’ projections of how climate change will alter rain and other precipitation.
Stanford-led skyscraper-style chip design boosts electronic performance by factor of a thousand
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- Written by Ramin Skibba
- Category: California News
Stanford, California - For decades, engineers have designed computer systems with processors and memory chips laid out like single-story structures in a suburb. Wires connect these chips like streets, carrying digital traffic between the processors that compute data and the memory chips that store it.
How the University of California is Playing a Unique Role in Global Race Against Warming
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- Written by Glen Martin
- Category: California News
Berkeley, California - The Golden Bear has taken on a distinct greenish tinge this week. First there was the announcement at the United Nations Climate Change Conference outside Paris that the University of California is the sole university participant in Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Coalition, a conglomerate of investors dedicated to developing low-carbon energy sources. UC will dedicate $1.25 billion to the venture over the next five years. “As a public research institution, we take the imperative to solve global climate change very seriously.”
Governor Brown Issues Statement on Global Climate Pact
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Paris, France - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. issued the following statement on the global climate pact reached today at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris:
Sixteen Named in Racketeering Indictment Alleging Money Laundering Schemes Orchestrated by Former President of Orange County Bank
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Los Angeles, California - Federal authorities Thursday, arrested 11 defendants named in a sweeping racketeering indictment alleging a series of money laundering schemes that revolved around the former head of Saigon National Bank, based in Westminster, California, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Eileen M. Decker of the Central District of California. Four other defendants, who are named in separate indictments, were also arrested today.
Artist-in-Residence Lecture at Black Rock Nature Center
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- Written by George Land
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Twentynine Palms, California - Joshua Tree National Park- Current artist-in-residence, Kim Zitzow will discuss methodology and research with respect to her current project at Joshua Tree National Park. The artist constructs archives involving a variety of sources ranging from historic documents to photographs to interviews that take place across a variety of media. She uses the format of archives to tell stories. Zitzow says from her artistic perspective, "the archive is as much a repository as it is a performative process, a living, changeable thing".
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