UC Irvine researchers discovered an attack technique that defeats autonomous target-tracking drones. The approach uses an umbrella with a unique graphic pattern that draws drones in to be captured with a net or forced to crash. Research has implications for border security, law enforcement and personal privacy. The UC Irvine team is sharing its results at a prestigious security conference. Funding was provided by NASA and the National Science Foundation.

A thousand times faster than conventional testing, an ion beam approach to qualifying materials for use in the cores of advanced nuclear reactors is advancing through stages of approval by the industry standards organization ASTM. 

The methodology, developed with leadership by University of Michigan Engineering, will be presented at a special event hosted by the Electric Power Research Institute, March 10-11 in Charlotte, North Carolina.