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Engineers complete first comprehensive mesh-free numerical simulation of skeletal muscle tissue
September 30, 2014

Engineers at the University of California, San Diego, have completed the first comprehensive numeric...

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UC San Diego to Host Contextual Robotics Forum on October 10
September 29, 2014

The University of California, San Diego will host a robotics forum on October 10, 2014. The eig...

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Capturing Ancient Maya Sites from Both a Rat's and a 'Bat's Eye View'
September 25, 2014

A trip to the Guatemalan jungle usually nets a few souvenirs: Photographs of Maya ruins, bragging ri...

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Thermo Fisher Scientific, UC San Diego Announce Duane Roth Innovation Grant
September 17, 2014

Thermo Fisher Scientific and the UC San Diego Office of Research Affairs have established the Duane ...

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Engineers develop algorithms that allow you to switch out and recharge battery modules in electric cars
September 15, 2014

Imagine being able to switch out the batteries in electric cars just like you switch out batterie...

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UC San Diego Researchers Build First 500 GHz Photon Switch
September 10, 2014

Electrical engineers at UC San Diego have built the first 500 Gigahertz (GHz) photon switch. &ldq...

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Benefunder to Launch New Funding Channel for Higher Education Research
September 10, 2014

UC San Diego electrical engineering professor Gert Lanckriet is a co-founder of Benefunder, a San Di...

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Lasers could make hard drives faster, simpler and higher density
September 9, 2014

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have discovered that for a wide range of f...

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Computer scientists launch Kickstarter for video game that teaches kids how to code
September 9, 2014

Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego have successfully funded on Kickst...

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The mystartupXX Program Receives $50,000 Grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration
September 5, 2014

The mystartupXX program, a collaboration of the Rady School of Management at UC San Diego and the...

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Scientists sequence complete genome of E. coli Strain responsible for food poisoning
August 29, 2014

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have produced the first complete genome se...

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UC San Diego Extends Global Partnership to University in Tijuana
August 28, 2014

The University of California, San Diego and the Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Mexico (...

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Researchers find security flaws in backscatter X-ray scanners
August 19, 2014

A team of researchers from the University of California, San Diego, the University of Michigan, a...

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COSMOS program celebrates 10th anniversary
August 19, 2014

What have you accomplished over the past four weeks? Made your own biodiesel? Miniaturized a poll...

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Matrix Stiffness is an Essential Tool in Stem Cell Differentiation
August 11, 2014

Bioengineers at the University of California, San Diego have proven that when it comes to guiding...

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