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How Could a Piece of the Moon Become a Near-Earth Asteroid? Researchers Have an Answer
October 23, 2023
A team of astronomers has found a new clue that a recently discovered near-Earth asteroid, Kamo...
Earthquake tests on 10-story steel-framed building bring together industry and academic researchers
October 19, 2023
Leveraging planned full-scale earthquake and live fire testing of a 10-story cold-formed steel frame...
Electron-rich Metals Make Ceramics Tough to Crack
October 19, 2023
NanoEngineering researchers have discovered a way to make ceramics tougher and more resistant to cra...
Nanoparticle Vaccine Could Curb Cancer Metastasis to Lungs by Targeting a Protein
October 18, 2023
UC San Diego engineers have developed an experimental vaccine that could prevent the spread of metas...
UC San Diego Engineering Dean Emeritus Receives Prestigious Award from Research!America
October 18, 2023
Robert “Bob” Conn, dean emeritus of the University of California San Diego Jacobs School...
UC San Diego Mechanical Engineer Awarded Packard Fellowship for Next-generation Imaging Technology
October 16, 2023
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation has named Lisa Poulikakos, an assistant professor of mechani...
UC San Diego and Mount Sinai Receive $8.5M NIH Award for Data Integration Hub
October 11, 2023
Researchers at the University of California San Diego and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sina...
Wireless, Battery-free Electronic 'Stickers' Gauge Forces Between Touching Objects
October 10, 2023
Engineers developed electronic “stickers” that measure the force exerted by one object u...
Instead of Just Telling Students to Solve Problems, Teach Them How
October 10, 2023
Problem solving is a critical skill for technical education and technical careers of all types. But ...
Intel-funded program provides electrical engineering students hands-on research opportunities
October 9, 2023
Students from Florida A&M University and the University of Texas at El Paso spent seven weeks th...
The next generation of robotics from UC San Diego in the spotlight at IROS 2023
October 6, 2023
From helping wounded soldiers in the field, to helping robots avoid obstacles in the field, and more...
New Energy-storing Material Could Also Be Used To Build Electronic Gadgets
October 5, 2023
Gadgets and vehicles powered by the very materials they’re built from may soon be possible, th...
Bioengineering Undergraduate Awarded Public Service Scholarship
October 5, 2023
Daniel John, a bioengineering undergraduate student at UC San Diego, was one of 11 students from acr...
These Robots Helped Understand How Insects Evolved Two Distinct Strategies of Flight
October 4, 2023
Robots built by engineers at the University of California San Diego helped achieve a major breakthro...
UC San Diego Awarded $9.5 Million to Enhance Cybersecurity in Health Care
October 4, 2023
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have been awarded $9.5 million ...