Bioengineering Alumnus Launches Venture Capital Fund Focused on San Diego MedTech Startups
July 16, 2026
Alumnus Garrett Smith is bringing his decades of experience across the innovation ecosystem back to ...
Drug Candidate Could Help L-Dopa Work Better for Patients with Parkinson’s
July 15, 2026
For Parkinson's patients, the drug that restores movement can stop working reliably and cause in...
Open-Access Genetic Map Provides Reference for What Almost Every Stem Cell Gene Does
July 13, 2026
Bioengineers have developed a genome-scale reference map that details how individual genes cont...
New XPS Instrument at UC San Diego Gives Researchers a Closer Look at Material Surfaces
July 13, 2026
A new XPS machine at the UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute is helping researchers advance work in batt...
Immune Cells Get Transformed into Fungus-Fighting Nanoparticles
July 9, 2026
Nanoparticles made from the membranes of human immune cells could offer a promising new way to fight...
Surgeons Use Teleoperated Humanoid Robots to Perform Live Surgery – a World First
July 8, 2026
For the first time, two teleoperated humanoid robots have been used to complete two surgeries during...
Spent EV Batteries Get Second Life as Higher-Performance Battery Material
July 1, 2026
Engineers have developed an environmentally-friendly method to upcycle material from spent batteries...
UC San Diego Researchers Receive ARPA-H Award to Make Birth Safer
June 23, 2026
Researchers in obstetrics and engineering at UC San Diego were awarded up to $10.4 million from ARPA...
New Data Center, Student Collaboration Space Put People at the Heart of Computer Science
June 11, 2026
The Computer Science and Engineering Department at UC San Diego unveiled a new on-site data center t...
A Small Optical Component Could Change How Telescopes View the Sun
June 10, 2026
A new telescope technology — measuring just six millimeters in diameter — could improve ...
UC San Diego Professor Daniel Kane Awarded 2026 Gödel Prize, Highest Honor in Theoretical Computer Science
June 10, 2026
UC San Diego computer science and mathematics professor Daniel M. Kane has been awarded the 2026 G&o...
From Verizon to Apple, a Hidden Texting Flaw Has Finally Been Patched
June 9, 2026
A major security vulnerability that allows attackers to easily fake their identity in smartphone tex...