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Computer Vision Expert Wins Prestigious Frontiers of Science Award
August 27, 2025

Hao Su, a faculty member in the UC San Diego Department of Computer Science, received a prestigious ...

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UC San Diego Computer Scientists Win Best Paper Award at SIGGRAPH 2025
August 27, 2025

Computer science faculty member Tzu-Mao Li and his research team won a best paper award at SIGGRAPH ...

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Gift Expands UC San Diego Efforts to Teach Engineering Problem Solving at Scale
August 27, 2025

More than 5,300 high school students in the San Diego region have already benefitted from an innovat...

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The Jacobs School Represents at San Diego Comic-Con
August 25, 2025

From discussing the best invention to examining the way AI has been represented in movies, Jacobs Sc...

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Researchers Identify Weak Points in Diamond Fusion Fuel Capsules
August 20, 2025

Scientists have uncovered how diamond — the material used to encase fuel for fusion exper...

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How Can Visual Artists Protect Their Work from AI Crawlers? It’s Complicated
August 5, 2025

Visual artists want to protect their work from non-consensual use by generative AI tools such as Cha...

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Simple Algorithm Paired with Standard Imaging Tool Could Predict Failure in Lithium Metal Batteries
August 4, 2025

A simple yet powerful method to characterize how lithium deposits in lithium metal batteries could l...

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New AI Tool Learns to Read Medical Images With Far Less Data
August 1, 2025

A new AI tool could make it much easier—and cheaper—for doctors and researchers to train...

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General Atomics-sponsored senior project advances fusion target autoloader systems
July 30, 2025

A team of undergraduate mechanical engineering students at UC San Diego developed a prototype of a f...

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Engineers Take a Closer Look at How a Plant Virus Primes the Immune System to Fight Cancer
July 25, 2025

A virus that typically infects black-eyed peas is showing great promise as a low-cost, potent cancer...

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Celebrating the Life and Legacy of UC San Diego Bioengineering Pioneer David Gough
July 25, 2025

UC San Diego bioengineering professor David Gough devoted nearly half a century to a singular big-pi...

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For Tastier and Hardier Citrus, Researchers Built a Tool for Probing Plant Metabolism
July 15, 2025

A new tool allows researchers to probe the metabolic processes occurring within the leaves, stems, a...

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Wristband Sensor Provides All-in-one Monitoring for Diabetes and Cardiovascular Care
July 10, 2025

A new wearable wristband could significantly improve diabetes management by continuously tracking no...

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The Robot Will See You Now
July 9, 2025

As waiting rooms fill up, doctors get increasingly burnt out, and surgeries take longer to schedule ...

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UC San Diego Engineering Dean Emeritus Receives NSF Honor
July 9, 2025

Robert “Bob” Conn, dean emeritus of the University of California San Diego Jacobs School...

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Many Lung Cancers Are Now in Nonsmokers. Scientists Want to Know Why.
The New York Times | July 22, 2025

Scientists are starting to see that the biology of cancer in nonsmokers differs from cancers seen in people with a smoking history--and may require di...

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Here's how air pollution may trigger lung cancer
Science News | July 21, 2025

Air pollution may steer lung cells toward cancer ­-- even in people who've never smoked a cigarette. People living in high pollution areas may rack u...

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First earthquake, then fire: UC San Diego researchers test steel building
KPBS | July 17, 2025

Smoke billowed out of a steel-framed building off Pomerado Road Thursday morning. It was part of research by UC San Diego and California Polytechnic S...

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Computer Vision Expert Wins Prestigious Frontiers of Science Award
August 27, 2025

Hao Su, a faculty member in the UC San Diego Department of Computer Science, received a prestigious ...

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UC San Diego Computer Scientists Win Best Paper Award at SIGGRAPH 2025
August 27, 2025

Computer science faculty member Tzu-Mao Li and his research team won a best paper award at SIGGRAPH ...

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Gift Expands UC San Diego Efforts to Teach Engineering Problem Solving at Scale
August 27, 2025

More than 5,300 high school students in the San Diego region have already benefitted from an innovat...

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The Jacobs School Represents at San Diego Comic-Con
August 25, 2025

From discussing the best invention to examining the way AI has been represented in movies, Jacobs Sc...

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Researchers Identify Weak Points in Diamond Fusion Fuel Capsules
August 20, 2025

Scientists have uncovered how diamond — the material used to encase fuel for fusion exper...

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