News Releases
Gecko-inspired adhesives help soft robotic fingers get a better grip
April 6, 2018
A team of California researchers has developed a robotic gripper that combines the adhesive properti...
Graduate Research Advocacy Day Takes Over Sacramento
April 5, 2018
UC San Diego students met with legislators March 21 to share how their research impacts California a...
A power player for San Diego
April 5, 2018
UC San Diego’s Center for Energy Research, which helped to develop the innovative power grid t...
Flash of Light in Research Expo Artwork Comes from a Supercontinuum Laser Source
April 5, 2018
The flashy photo that's part of the imagery for Research Expo 2018 is a photo of a sup...
UCSD Workshop Recognizes Leading Research on the Potential of New Memory Technologies
April 3, 2018
The University of California San Diego hosted the 9th Annual Non-Volatile Memories Workshop (NVMW 20...
Even DNA that Doesn't Encode Genes Can Drive Cancer
April 2, 2018
Most of the human genome — 98 percent — is made up of DNA but doesn’t actually enc...
Virus Found to Adapt through Newly Discovered Path of Evolution
April 2, 2018
Bucking a central tenet of biology, researchers at the University of California San Diego and their ...
On cryptocurrency exchanges, it's better to be a miner than a speculator, study finds
March 26, 2018
Someone who starts mining a crypto-currency shortly after it is listed on exchanges can potentially ...
Robotics and Autonomy Research at UC San Diego Research Expo on April 19
March 26, 2018
Robotics and autonomy research is just one of the many reasons to come to the UC San Diego Jacobs Sc...
Flexible ultrasound patch could make it easier to inspect damage in odd-shaped structures
March 23, 2018
Researchers have developed a stretchable, flexible patch that could make it easier to perform ultras...
PBS NewsHour Features UC San Diego's Bermuda 100 Challenge
March 23, 2018
PBS NewsHour aired the first of a two-part series tonight on the Bermuda 100 Challenge, a ...
New workflow revolutionizes the discovery of candidate drugs from nature
March 22, 2018
Researchers at the University of California San Diego Center for Microbiome Innovation have develope...
We Welcome Our Robot Tour Guides
March 21, 2018
Take a walk inside the entrance to UC San Diego's Atkinson Hall and you might be greeted by a&nb...
San Diego, Korea team up to tackle transportation
March 21, 2018
UC San Diego is launching an international research collaboration to develop smart and clean transpo...
A wearable system to monitor the stomach's activity throughout the day
March 21, 2018
A team of researchers has developed a wearable, non-invasive system to monitor electrical activity i...