News Releases
Researchers Develop Novel Microscope to Study the Underwater World
July 12, 2016
A new microscopic imaging system is revealing a never-before-seen view of the underwater world. Rese...
Big ideas that solve problems
July 12, 2016
On June 2, Daniel Kaufman spoke about Google ATAP at the launch event for the UC San Diego Inst...
Nanoengineer receives NIH grant to print cardiac tissue
July 11, 2016
Shaochen Chen, a nanoengineering professor at the University of California San Diego, received a fou...
UC San Diego to open office in life science cluster in Tokyo to promote international collaborations
July 11, 2016
The University of California San Diego has launched a workspace in the heart of the life sciences hu...
UC San Diego hires top robotics expert to lead Contextual Robotics Institute
July 7, 2016
Henrik Christensen, one of the most influential robotics researchers in the world, is joining the Un...
Engineering students try to become pinball wizards in this class
July 7, 2016
The vaguely sweet smell of laser-etched wood. Repeated pings and the laughter of students. Pairs of ...
Curbing the HIV Epidemic: UC San Diego Students Design Low-Cost HIV Viral Load Monitoring System for Tijuana, Mexico
July 6, 2016
Two teams from UC San Diego’s Engineering World Health (EWH) student organization and Global T...
Researchers improve performance of cathode material by controlling oxygen activity
July 6, 2016
An international team of researchers has demonstrated a new way to increase the robustness and energ...
UC San Diego Computer Science Professor Reaches Finals of Inaugural Online Teaching Prize
July 5, 2016
Ravi Ramamoorthi, a computer science professor at the University of California San Diego, is on...
Sparking interest in engineering and science
June 29, 2016
Christian Metallo’s talk was part of a collaboration between the University of California, San...
WPI to Conduct Fire Tests Aimed at Better Understanding Post-Earthquake Fires in Cold-Formed Steel Buildings
June 28, 2016
A team of researchers from the Department of Fire Protection Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic In...
UC San Diego Students Develop Games to Teach Kids 'Cool Ways to Recycle'
June 27, 2016
The computer animation is relatively modest – for good reason. Specifically, the 25 students t...
Machine Learning Method Differentiates Between Healthy Male, Female Microbiomes
June 27, 2016
The week-long International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) ended June 24, and the last day in...
Human brain houses diverse populations of neurons, new research shows
June 23, 2016
A team of researchers has developed the first scalable method to identify different subtypes of neur...
UC San Diego Students Fabricate Device to Protect Seniors from a Fall
June 21, 2016
Falls are the leading cause of death from injury among people 65 and older killing more than 400,000...