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Students harness their knowledge for ventilator challenge
April 28, 2020
Two groups of engineering students at UC San Diego spent their spring break harnessing their kn...
Creating an Early Alert System for COVID-19
April 27, 2020
To better understand early signs of coronavirus and the virus' spread, physicians around the cou...
Making recombinant-protein drugs cheaper
April 23, 2020
By cleaning up mammalian cell lines that produce recombinant-protein drugs, researchers forge a path...
Marrying molecular farming and advanced manufacturing to develop a COVID-19 vaccine
April 20, 2020
UC San Diego nanoengineers received a Rapid Response Research (RAPID) grant from the National Scienc...
Engineering student leaders honored by Gordon Center
April 20, 2020
The Gordon Engineering Leadership Center at UC San Diego recently announced the 2020 winners of its ...
'Decoy' nanoparticles can block HIV and prevent infection
April 20, 2020
Flipping the standard viral drug targeting approach on its head, engineers at the University of Cali...
Engineering telemedicine app, universal control system for ventilators for COVID-19 care
April 20, 2020
Engineers in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego have partnered with ...
Incoming President of Quiz Bowl Club Represents Campus in 'Jeopardy!' College Championship
April 16, 2020
UC San Diego was one of 15 schools represented in the 2020 Jeopardy College Championship, thanks to ...
Undergraduates simplify intubation tool for senior design project
April 16, 2020
A team of UC San Diego undergraduate engineers helped design a simple, all-in-one tool to perform en...
Economic Impact of COVID-19 will Make the Fight Against Climate Change Harder
April 15, 2020
Measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus have reduced the demand for fuel and slashed oil pric...
Part 2: Treating Cancer with Plant Viruses: A Conversation with Nicole Steinmetz
April 14, 2020
In this second episode of Stories from the NNI featuring UC San Diego nanoengineering professor Nico...
3D printed corals provide more fertile ground for algae growth
April 9, 2020
Researchers have 3D printed coral-inspired structures that are capable of growing dense populations ...
Call for Citizen Scientists to Contribute to COVID-19 Studies
April 9, 2020
The Microsetta Initiative, a crowdsourced research effort based at the University of California San ...
UC San Diego researchers move closer to producing heparin in the lab
April 9, 2020
In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, University of Ca...
Bioengineers inducted into prestigious biomedical institution
April 8, 2020
Two researchers at the Jacobs School of Engineering were inducted into the College of Fellows of the...