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This Injected Protein-like Polymer Helps Tissues Heal After a Heart Attack
April 25, 2025

Researchers have developed a new therapy that can be injected intravenously right after a heart atta...

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AI Helps Unravel a Cause of Alzheimer's Disease and Identify a Therapeutic Candidate
April 25, 2025

A new study found that a gene recently recognized as a biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease is ac...

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More Power Grid Connectivity in Western U.S Could Supercharge Clean Energy
April 24, 2025

A new study led by researchers at the University of California San Diego offers a first-of-its-kind ...

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Childhood Exposure to Bacterial Toxin May Be Triggering Colorectal Cancer Epidemic Among the Young
April 23, 2025

In an effort to explain a modern medical mystery, an international team of researchers led by bioeng...

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Good News for Fusion Energy Workforce Development in San Diego
April 10, 2025

UC San Diego personnel, including qualified graduate students, can now apply for access to the DIII-...

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A New Robotic Gripper Based on Measuring Tape is Sizing Up Fruit and Veggie Picking
April 9, 2025

This robotic gripper has two fingers made from measuring tape. It can pick up fragile objects, ...

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Top 10, Yet Again
April 8, 2025

The Jacobs School of Engineering has ranked the #10 best in the nation in the influential U.S. ...

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UC San Diego Bioengineer Inducted Into 2025 Class of the AIMBE College of Fellows
March 31, 2025

Bioengineering professor Daniela Valdez-Jasso was inducted into the College of Fellows of the Americ...

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Bioengineer Elected AAAS Fellow
March 27, 2025

Karen Christman, a professor in the Shu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering and the Sanford ...

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These Electronics-free Robots Can Walk Right Off the 3D-Printer
March 25, 2025

Imagine a robot that can walk, without electronics, and only with the addition of a cartridge of com...

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How a Y Chromosome Gene May Shape the Course of Heart Valve Disease
March 20, 2025

Bioengineers have shed new light on how a type of heart valve disease—aortic valve stenosis&md...

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General Atomics and UC San Diego Launch Fusion Data Science and Digital Engineering Center
March 18, 2025

Scientists and engineers at General Atomics (GA) and the University of California San Dieg...

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Microelectronics Go from Lab to Fab at UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute
March 17, 2025

Little more than a year after the Microelectronics Commons program kicked off, University ...

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How Close Are We to Practical Fusion Energy?
March 13, 2025

Bob Conn – fusion pioneer, Jacobs School Dean Emeritus, President and CEO Emeritus of the Kavl...

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UC San Diego Ranked Among World's Top 10 Universities Powering Global Innovation
March 10, 2025

The University of California San Diego has been ranked No. 8 in the world among universities powerin...

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Childhood Exposure To A Specific Toxin May Lead To Colorectal Cancer In Younger People
IFLScience | April 28, 2025

Colorectal cancer is on the rise among people under 50 in at least 27 countries. The number of cases has doubled every decade for the last 20 years an...

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The Ghost in the Gut: DNA Clues to Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer
American Council on Science and Health | April 28, 2025

Colorectal cancer, long associated with aging, is rising alarmingly in younger adults--especially those born in the 1980s. Investigators are looking p...

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AI-guided hunt points to PHGDH as an upstream drug target in Alzheimer's disease
Drug Discovery & Development | April 27, 2025

Researchers at the University of California San Diego believe they have found an early pinch point in the biology of Alzheimer's disease, one that can...

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This Injected Protein-like Polymer Helps Tissues Heal After a Heart Attack
April 25, 2025

Researchers have developed a new therapy that can be injected intravenously right after a heart atta...

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AI Helps Unravel a Cause of Alzheimer's Disease and Identify a Therapeutic Candidate
April 25, 2025

A new study found that a gene recently recognized as a biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease is ac...

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More Power Grid Connectivity in Western U.S Could Supercharge Clean Energy
April 24, 2025

A new study led by researchers at the University of California San Diego offers a first-of-its-kind ...

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Childhood Exposure to Bacterial Toxin May Be Triggering Colorectal Cancer Epidemic Among the Young
April 23, 2025

In an effort to explain a modern medical mystery, an international team of researchers led by bioeng...

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Good News for Fusion Energy Workforce Development in San Diego
April 10, 2025

UC San Diego personnel, including qualified graduate students, can now apply for access to the DIII-...

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