article thumbnail

EXCLUSIVE: Neuralink dragged into humane testing lawsuit – Timeline of Events

Teslarati

Neuralink has been dragged into a lawsuit by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine against the University of California at Davis. We have put together an exclusive timeline of events based on interviews and an examination of over 700 pages of documents that UC Davis was required to turn over to the PCRM.

Davis 94
article thumbnail

California Energy Commission awards nearly $400,000 to UC Davis for wind forecasting for grid operator

Green Car Congress

The California Energy Commission has awarded $398,662 to the University of California, Davis to develop a forecasting tool that can be used by the state’s grid operator to respond to sudden changes in wind power production. UC Davis and its partners are providing an additional $109,364 in cost sharing funds.

Davis 225
article thumbnail

UCLA, UC Davis host world conference on electric vehicles and cities prior to EVS26

Green Car Congress

The UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation and the UC Davis Plug-In Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Research Center will host the World Electric Vehicle Cities and Ecosystems Conference on 5 May, just prior to EVS 26.

Davis 247
article thumbnail

New UC Davis market-based sustainability forecasting approach concludes supplanting gasoline and diesel with renewable fuels could take 131 years

Green Car Congress

At the current pace of research and development, replacing gasoline and diesel with renewable fuel alternatives could take some 131 years, according to a new University of California, Davis, study using a new sustainability forecasting approach based on market expectations. —Nataliya Malyshkina, UC Davis postdoctoral researcher.

Davis 300
article thumbnail

200 Years Ago, Faraday Invented the Electric Motor

Cars That Think

In a fateful turn of events, just as Faraday's apprenticeship was coming to an end in 1812, one of the bookbinder's clients offered Faraday a ticket to Humphry Davy's farewell lecture series at the Royal Institution of Great Britain. Davy, just 13 years older than Faraday, had already made a name for himself as a chemist.

Davis 145
article thumbnail

Neuralink responds to claims of inhumane treatment during animal testing

Teslarati

” Last week, reports surfaced of a lawsuit against the University of California at Davis from the Physicians Committee of Responsible Medicine (PCRM). EXCLUSIVE: Neuralink dragged into humane testing lawsuit – Timeline of Events. The company maintains that all animals are treated respectfully and ethically.

Davis 82
article thumbnail

Researchers discover that a ubiquitous tire rubber–derived chemical is killing coho salmon in urban waterways: 6PPD-quinone

Green Car Congress

For decades, researchers have observed regular acute mortality events affecting adult coho salmon ( Oncorhycchus kisutch ) that migrate into urban waterways contaminated with stormwater runoff. Davis, Michael C. A paper on the work is published in Science. Scholz, Jay W. Dodd, Andre Simpson, Jenifer K. Mcintyre, Edward P.

Ozone 276