Researchers Use a Physical Device to Take Over Electronics in a Boeing 737
August 13, 2026
Physical access to an aircraft has not typically been considered a cybersecurity risk – but it...
Corn Stalks. It’s What’s for Dinner … If You’re a Microbe.
August 7, 2026
Engineers have developed a strain of a common bacterial species that can feed exclusively on the thr...
Puppy Bots and Bot Tour Guides: Inside a Human-Robot Interaction Class at UC San Diego
August 6, 2026
A robot that dances on command. A robot that behaves like a puppy – sometimes happy, sometimes...
With ARPA-H Award, UC San Diego Engineers will Develop a Soft, Autonomous Robot for Stroke Care
August 6, 2026
A research team led by engineers at UC San Diego was awarded up to $22.9M from ARPA-H to develo...
UC San Diego Engineers Use Campus Supercomputing Infrastructure to Better Understand Bone-Like Minerals
July 31, 2026
UC San Diego materials scientists and engineers have found a better way to understand and ...
NSF Funds Major Center at UC San Diego to Make New Quantum Materials
July 30, 2026
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded University of California San Diego researcher...
Flipping the Switch: Triton Racing Goes Electric
July 30, 2026
After nearly 30 years of designing and building a formula race car powered by an internal combustion...
Insect-inspired electronic nose: turning semiconductor chips into olfactory sensors
July 27, 2026
Bioengineers at UC San Diego integrated the olfactory receptor of an insect called a jumping bristle...
New Wearable Ring Tracks Glucose, Ketone and Other Biomarkers in Sweat Simultaneously
July 24, 2026
Engineers created a smart ring that simultaneously and continuously monitors up to four different ch...
UC San Diego Electrical Engineer Receives Popov Prize for Research in Approximation Theory
July 24, 2026
Rahul Parhi, faculty in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University...
2 Million Cars with Anti-Theft Systems Installed by Dealers are at Higher Risk of Theft
July 21, 2026
At least 2.2 million cars on the road today are vulnerable to an attack that allows thieves to lock ...
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 ...