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A Battery Breakthrough Inspired by a Can of Compressed Air
May 8, 2025
Breakthroughs often begin with simple curiosities. In this Q&A, engineering alumnus Cyrus Rustom...
Breathing in Therapeutic Microrobots Treats Life-threatening Pneumonia in Mice
May 6, 2025
Engineers at the University of California San Diego found a new non-invasive way to deliver pneumoni...
Self-assembling Molecules Take the Spotlight at Research Expo 2025
May 5, 2025
Materials science and engineering Ph.D. student Liya Bi won the grand prize at the 43rd annual ...
A fully automated tool for species tree inference
May 5, 2025
A team of engineers at the University of California San Diego is making it easier for researche...
One Timed-release Capsule Could Replace Taking Multiple Pills
May 1, 2025
Managing complex medication schedules could soon become as simple as taking a single capsule each da...
Using Bacteria as Living Test Tubes to Study Human Gene Mutations and Find New Drug Leads
April 30, 2025
Traditional methods of studying human gene mutations are often laborious and costly. Now bioengineer...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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-...
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, ...
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. ...
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...
Bioengineer Elected AAAS Fellow
March 27, 2025
Karen Christman, a professor in the Shu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering and the Sanford ...