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Disruptions in the Digital Supply Chain Can Have Major Physical Impacts

June 9, 2025

Stock image depicts an electronic flight board with multiple delays at an unnamed airport.
Last July, a glitch in a software upgrade by a cybersecurity company impacted 8.5 million computers, resulting in the cancellation of 2,800 flights and delays for 11,000 more. In an increasingly computerized world, digital supply chains use data and analytics to manage the flow of goods,...

Wireless Sensors to Improve Sierra Snowpack Measurements

More than half of the water used in California for farming and drinking and other everyday uses comes by way of runoff from the Sierra Nevada, and gauging the amount of snow there and predicting how...

Stem Cell Facility Expands Campus' Research Capabilities

The University of California, Merced, today celebrates the opening of its state-of-the-art Stem Cell Instrumentation Foundry, made possible through the support of the California Institute for...

Professor Using Wireless Sensor to Improve HVAC Efficiency

There is no factor in a building that uses up more energy at a greater cost than heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC). Yet HVAC systems do not take advantage of technology that could make...

New Publication Showcases Dozens of UC Merced Inventions

Researchers at the University of California, Merced, have devoted years of hard work to finding solutions to some of the world’s most challenging problems. The campus’ Office of Research has released...

Student-Run Startup Planting Solar Roots in Valley

Three UC Merced alumni — two from Southern California and one from Ohio — are working toward starting a business and making a difference right here in the San Joaquin Valley. Heather Poiry, Kevin...

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