AI is creating inequitable environmental consequences in the form of water consumption to keep servers cool and air pollution from power plants that supply the electricity. But the tech companies could distribute their processing loads to avoid environmental injustices, UCR study finds.

As our computers and other electronic devices become faster and more powerful, they are coming closer to an undeniable physical limitation: heat generated by the electrons that carry information as they move through semiconductors.

UCR study the first time estimates the huge water footprint from running artificial intelligence queries that rely on the cloud computations done in racks of servers that must be kept cool in warehouse-sized data processing centers. 

UCR team has shown in the laboratory the unique and practical function of newly created materials, which they called quantum composites, that may advance electrical, optical, and computer technologies.

New UC Riverside program will train doctoral students on translating science into public policy

UC Riverside engineers are developing methods to keep self-driving cars and autonomous drones from being hacked

Two UC Riverside experts explain how carbon capture and utilization technologies work, and what needs to improve for them to deliver on their promise

Time crystals that persist indefinitely at room temperature could have applications in precision timekeeping

Infants and young children with motor delays may soon be able to wear robotic helpers

Infants and young children with motor delays may soon be able to wear robotic helpers