Scientists in new center to use medical research techniques to help food crops withstand drought and climate change
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- Category: California News
San Diego, California - Roughly one in nine people on Earth do not have enough food to eat. And climate change is only making it harder for farmers to meet the global demand for food, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). By 2030, the IPCC expects climate change to reduce crop and pasture yields by as much as 14 percent in some parts of the world. Adapting crops, livestock and fisheries will be critical for global food security.
Engineers create artificial skin that can send pressure sensation to brain cell
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- Written by Tom Abate
- Category: California News
Stanford, California - Stanford engineers have created a plastic "skin" that can detect how hard it is being pressed and generate an electric signal to deliver this sensory input directly to a living brain cell.
Stanford project offers insights on unfunded public pension liabilities in California
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- Written by Clifton B. Parker
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Stanford, California - California residents and the media may find the information on PensionTracker.org highly useful in seeking to understand the pension situation throughout the state, a Stanford researcher says.
Curious Wallaby Joey Leaves Mother’s Pouch
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San Diego, California - A seven-month-old Parma wallaby joey at the San Diego Zoo is now out of its mother’s pouch and is checking out its habitat for the first time. Animal care staff watched the youngster hop around the enclosure this morning, often moving away from mother and traveling around on its own. The baby -- born in March -- spent more than half a year in the pouch before leaving it just a few days ago.
State Architect Launches Initiative to Save Water and Energy at Public Schools
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Sacramento, California - California’s State Architect has launched a forward-thinking new initiative to highlight ways to improve the built environment while simultaneously greening California’s aging school facilities with design concepts that will reduce energy and water consumption at campuses across the state.
Refining Persuasion Experiments from Vaccines to Voting
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- Written by Wallace Ravven
- Category: California News
Berkeley, California - One of the largest experiments ever conducted on people was carried out during the 2012 presidential campaign. Barack Obama’s canvassing teams tested different persuasion scripts on millions of potential voters and donors. Later, when they canvassed again, they used only the proven winners to convince people to vote for Obama.
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