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There's nothing more exciting than being part of a community that thrives on #innovation. Over the past year, UC researchers have explored the farthest reaches of space, uncovered new insights into the human body, and tackled some of the most complex challenges on Earth. From studying the cosmos to understanding the intricacies of human health, their work continues to push boundaries and deepen our understanding of the world around us. Here’s to the innovative research that’s shaping the future and making a lasting impact! 🌍 👏 https://lnkd.in/gEKJDdCZ

California is suing Exxon for billions of dollars. Why? AG Rob Bonta says that the petrochemical company engaged in a “decades-long campaign of deception,” overplaying the recyclability of plastics. Exxon responded by citing California’s own problems with recycling infrastructure. In their view, the state has repeatedly failed to work with the private sector to improve. This game of smoke and mirrors, driven by a fundamental infrastructure investment problem, has led to a recycling rate hovering around 5% in the U.S. Worse, plastics can only be recycled once or twice before they degrade, and doing so is still more expensive than creating new plastics. As for Exxon’s alleged recycling PR campaign? It’s not unique — internal documents show that the Society of the Plastics Industry pushed this strategy as early as 1974, when they recognized that the petrochemical industry’s image was declining. Their campaigns started to echo the sugar industry’s strategy around the same time, a strategy that contributed to the largest public health crisis in human history. If you’re interested in learning more about these stories, you can find a nuanced analysis in Eye of the Cynic (https://lnkd.in/gCDpu3G8), my book on American politics for Gen-Z.

For those who are interested how our evolved biology drives consumer behavior, here is a short write up of my latest publication. There is a link at the end of the article that can take you to the full study. 

In the all actions of human, for the total, the proportion of innate fixed forms decreases, it means that more environmental adaptations are entrusted to active development and maintenance through postnatal plasticity and selectable interactions. This flexibility in environmental adaptation serves as a foundation for the formation of meanings in a rich and complex "psychological-social" life (conditioned responses keep harmony with unconditioned responses). The ability to develop flexibly and abundantly through plasticity establishes the basis for complexity, active choices, self-realization, and self-ability.

Want to be a true researcher? Don’t specialize. Be nicheless! “Nicheless = higher state of consciousness.” In early stages of research, we’re taught to be narrow-minded. Most of us never progress out of this. I realized this about 7 years ago while studying e-waste management. E-waste management meant extended producer responsibility, “killing” (aka formalizing) unorganized sector, copying European laws. Like a horse wearing blinders. Tunnel vision. As you progress to higher states of consciousness the world looks different. Everything is connected to everything. To manage e-waste, you need to understand unorganized sector. To understand unorg sector, you need to understand recycling business. To understand recycling business, you need to understand economics. To understand economics, you need to know culture/history. To understand culture/history, you need to understand law/politics. To understand law/politics, you need to understand how economy works. …I could go on Being nicheless helps you to experience "depth". To think about the system as a whole requires you to think bigger and do things that may not bring you a top academic journal publication. As you start to transcend into higher states of consciousness – that’s not taught in your university or by your PhD advisor – the world looks different. You begin to see research as a sacred activity. ♻️ If this resonated with you, repost and help inspire your research network. #ewaste #sustainability #phd Inspiration: Tim Denning

Word of the Day: Pervasive Pervasive (adjective) – Spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people. Examples of pervasive things: 🌍 Technology is pervasive in our daily lives. 🧠 Ideas of kindness and empathy can be pervasive in a positive culture. 🌱 Pollution has become a pervasive issue affecting the environment. How would you use pervasive in a sentence? Share your thoughts in the comments below! 💬 #WordOfTheDay #Pervasive #VocabularyBoost #LearnWithMAS #ManthenaAmericanSchool

🌍 Excited to share our latest publication with Bert Weijters, introducing a method that could revolutionize how we study pro-environmental decision-making! Traditional experimental research often focuses on just one type of decision—e.g. saving energy, recycling, or buying specific sustainable products—to understand eco-friendly behavior. But this narrow focus doesn’t capture the complexity and diversity of pro-environmental decisions. We introduce the multi-proxy experimental approach, which examines a wide variety of pro-environmental decisions rather than relying on a single 'proxy.' This multi-proxy approach offers several advantages over traditional experiments: ✅ Improves the reliability and applicability of research findings ✅ Provides deeper insights into what drives different types of eco-friendly decisions ✅ Facilitates further data explorations, even post hoc Want to learn more? 👇 Check out the publication 👇 #Sustainability #ResearchInnovation #ProEnvironmentalBehavior #BehavioralScience #ExperimentalDesign

One of 12 amazing University of California discoveries! University of California, Santa Cruz and #BaskinEngineering Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Jason Eshraghian and team are shaping the future of green computing by developing a high-performing large language model that can run on the energy needed to power a lightbulb. 💡 This innovation significantly improves energy efficiency while maintaining the same performance as other state-of-the-art models. Read on: https://lnkd.in/gghDzik3

🗨 Speaking at the Campaign for Science and Engineering Conference on Wednesday 11 September, Peter Kyle, Secretary of State for Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, highlighted that “long-term, sustainable economic growth is impossible without innovation,” and that “innovation can transform the way we generate clean energy and combat climate change.” The CCSA is encouraged by the Secretary of State's commitment to tackling climate change, with Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS) playing a critical role in decarbonising key industries across the UK, contributing to both environmental progress and economic growth. 🛠 CCUS has the potential to unlock £30bn in private investment by 2030, creating 70,000 new highly skilled jobs and securing around 77,000 existing jobs in vital industries such as cement, chemicals, and other strategic manufacturing sectors. 🔎 Read more here: https://lnkd.in/e_mCmk9J #CCUS | #CarbonCapture | #NetZero

💻 Supercomputers are critical to answer big research questions, from molecular modelling to artificial intelligence. 💭 They also generate a lot of heat 🔥 — using about 2x the energy to cool computer servers as they do on the actual computing. Teams working with this #ResearchInfrastructure, like Université Laval’s Colosse and Simon Fraser University’s Cedar are finding greener ways to beat the heat. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3Kz3Mgl