News Releases
Facebook Feelings Are Contagious, Study Shows
March 12, 2014
You can’t catch a cold from a friend online. But can you catch a mood? It would seem so, ac...
New UC San Diego Biosensor Will Guard Water Supplies from Toxic Threats
March 11, 2014
Supported by a $953,958 grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), researc...
Qualcomm Institute Invites Proposals from UC San Diego Faculty for Strategic Research Grants
March 10, 2014
In a continuing effort to offer peer-reviewed seed research awards to faculty and research scient...
Coding for a Cause
March 10, 2014
Sneha Jayaprakash, a sophomore at UC San Diego, is passionate about two things: computer science ...
Dive into Technology's Future at Research Expo 2014
March 7, 2014
Research Expo will be held on Thursday, April 17, from 1:30 p.m. to 6p.m. Register today. The ann...
How an Entrepreneurial Engineering Education Nurtured a Biotech Startup
March 6, 2014
Identify a real-world problem. Engineer a solution. And, if the solution works, figure out ...
Jobs, internships on tap for students at engineering career fair
February 28, 2014
The line of UC San Diego engineering students waiting to be admitted to the annual Disciplines of...
Bioengineering Students Recognized for Outstanding Research
February 28, 2014
Several bioengineering students have been recognized for their outstanding research. ...
Using stolen computer processing cycles to mine Bitcoin: Who does it and how much do they make ?
February 24, 2014
A team of computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego, has taken an unpreceden...
Outreach Event Helps Girls See Themselves as Scientists
February 20, 2014
Westview senior Connie Chen watched the tail on the solar-powered “robot puppy” she b...
Calit2 Director Honored with Golden Goose Award
February 18, 2014
Larry Smarr, an engineer and physicist whose work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champai...
UC San Diego to Host Workshop to Explore the Potential of New Memory Technologies
February 18, 2014
The University of California, San Diego, will host the 5th Annual Non-Volatile Memories Workshop ...
Studying Stem Cell Diets to Make Better Heart Cells
January 30, 2014
What nutrients are needed for stem cells to grow and function as heart cells? That’s the qu...
UC San Diego Embedded Control & Robotics students demonstrate prowess, connect with industry
January 29, 2014
Miniature unmanned Segway-like robots, known as Mobile Inverted Pendulums (MIPs), appeared to defy g...
Real-life Toy Story
January 29, 2014
well as tens of thousands of consumers mobbed the WowWee booth for four days to get a peek at the ne...