California Joins Campaign to Put $2.3 Billion Back in the Hands of California's Working Poor
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Sacramento, California - The Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. will join California leaders to announce the launch of CalEITC4me, a statewide campaign involving community, faith, civic, labor and business leaders to ensure the first-ever California Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) winds up in the hands of those who worked hard to earn it. The campaign will also focus on increasing the availability of free tax preparation services locally.
Governor Brown Issues Statement on Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources Supervisor Steven Bohlen's Return to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued the following statement on California Department of Conservation Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources supervisor Steven Bohlen’s plans to return to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Bohlen will also continue to assist the Administration as an unpaid science advisor to the Division.
UCLA nanoscientists develop safer, faster way to remove pollutants from water
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Los Angeles, California - A team of researchers from the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA has found a new way to use enzymes to remove pollutants from water that is cost- and energy-efficient, able to remove multiple pollutants at once, and minimizes risks to public health and the environment.
Engineers develop 'invisible wires' that could improve solar cell efficiency
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Stanford, California - A solar cell is basically a semiconductor, which converts sunlight into electricity, sandwiched between metal contacts that carry the electrical current. But this widely used design has a flaw: The critical but shiny metal on top of the cell reflects sunlight away from the semiconductor where electricity is produced, reducing the cell's efficiency.
Words Can Deceive, But Tone of Voice Cannot
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Los Angeles, California - A new computer algorithm can predict whether you and your spouse will have an improved or worsened relationship based on the tone of voice that you use when speaking to each other with nearly 79 percent accuracy.
Biologists trace how human innovation impacts tool evolution
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Stanford, California - Many animals exhibit learned behaviors, but humans are unique in their capacity to build on existing knowledge to make new innovations. Understanding the patterns of how new generations of tools emerged in prehistoric societies, however, has long puzzled scientists.
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