News Releases
Smart molecules trigger white blood cells to become better cancer-eating machines
September 28, 2017
A team of researchers has engineered smart protein molecules that can reprogram white blood cells to...
Alan Turing Memorial Scholarship Celebrates Diversity in Computer Science
September 28, 2017
The Center for Networked Systems (CNS) at UC San Diego established the Alan Turing Memorial Scholars...
IBM Research and UC San Diego Collaborate to Advance the Use of Artificial Intelligence for Healthy Living
September 28, 2017
IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the University of California San Diego have announced a multi-year project to en...
Good Bugs v. Bad Bugs: New breakthroughs in Microbiome Technology
September 22, 2017
San Diego, Calif., September 20, 2017 - The second in a series on disruptive technology, Good Bugs v...
From self-folding robots to computer vision: UC San Diego makes strong showing at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
September 20, 2017
From self-folding robots, to robotic endoscopes, to better methods for computer vision and object de...
Squeezing light into infinitesimally thin lines
September 19, 2017
Researchers have demonstrated a new mode of electromagnetic wave, called a "line wave," wh...
When Artificial Intelligence is Funny
September 15, 2017
What do you do if you’re an animal shelter and have to name a big litter of guinea pigs that s...
CMI Researchers Receive Grant to Address Grand Challenges in Microbiome Science
September 13, 2017
UC San Diego Center for Microbiome Innovation (CMI) researchers have been awarded $140,000 to addres...
Undergraduate Bioengineering Program at UC San Diego Ranks #6 in the Nation and #2 among Public Engineering Schools
September 12, 2017
The U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges guidebook rankings are out today and the bioengineering...
These mutations could be key to understanding how some harmful conditions develop
September 11, 2017
A team of researchers led by a bioinformatician at the University of California San Diego has develo...
New dental imaging method uses squid ink to fish for gum disease
September 7, 2017
Squid ink might be a great ingredient to make black pasta, but it could also one day make getting ch...
Engineers develop tools to share power from renewable energy sources during outages
September 5, 2017
A team of engineers at the University of California San Diego has developed algorithms th...
Computer Scientists Receive NSF Grant to Model Human-Robot Teamwork in Uncertain Environments
August 29, 2017
Laurel Riek, associate professor of computer science at the University of California San Diego, will...
Drone Truthing
August 25, 2017
A team of researchers from across UC San Diego is developing a new approach for detecting damage to ...
Four Physician-Engineer Teams Funded by UC San Diego
August 25, 2017
Four physician-engineer teams from UC San Diego have been selected to receive the 2017 Galvanizing E...