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Could Mobile Batteries Enable Electric Construction Vehicles and Enhance Grid Resilience?
October 30, 2025

In a first-of-its-kind test, engineers at UC San Diego are experimenting with large, mobile bat...

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UC San Diego Computer Scientist Rose Yu Named 2025 Samsung AI Researcher of the Year
October 30, 2025

UC San Diego computer science professor Rose Yu has been named a 2025 Samsung AI Researcher of ...

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Transforming Computer Science Education in the Age of AI
October 28, 2025

Educators, education researchers and computer scientists are teaming up as part of a consortium led ...

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Generative AI Can Help Athletes Avoid Injuries
October 27, 2025

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have created a model driven by generative AI t...

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Making Yeast More Efficient 'Cell Factories' for Producing Valuable Plant Compounds
October 24, 2025

Researchers have discovered a way to make yeast cells more efficient "factories" for ...

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AI Models Can Now Be Customized with Far Less Data and Computing Power
October 21, 2025

Engineers have created a new method to make large language models (LLMs) — such as the ones th...

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California’s fusion energy industry could bring $125B, 40K jobs to the state
October 20, 2025

The fusion energy industry in California has the potential to support more than 40,000 jobs and brin...

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UC San Diego Engineer Awarded Hypothesis Fund Grant to Explore Aging in Brain and Heart Cells
October 16, 2025

Chemical and nano engineering professor Zeinab Jahed has received a seed grant from the Hypothesis F...

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This Robotic Skin Allows Tiny Robots to Navigate Complex, Fragile Environments
October 15, 2025

Researchers developed a soft robotic skin that enables vine robots that are just a few millimeters w...

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Mapping RNA-Protein 'Chats' Could Uncover New Treatments for Cancer and Brain Disease
October 2, 2025

A technology that maps entire networks of RNA-protein interactions inside human cells could offer ne...

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UC San Diego’s New AI Major is Here
September 30, 2025

The University of California San Diego is launching an artificial intelligence major for undergradua...

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New faculty join the Jacobs School
September 30, 2025

The UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering is welcoming six new faculty to its ranks in fall 2025...

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Four undergraduate programs ranked in nation’s Top 10
September 23, 2025

Four undergraduate programs at UC San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering have been rank...

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UC San Diego's New Bioengineering Labs Open Doors for Student Innovation
September 22, 2025

When UC San Diego bioengineering students step into their newly renovated instructional labs this fa...

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2026 Siebel Scholars at UC San Diego: Advancing Human Health Through Engineering
September 19, 2025

Five engineering graduate students at UC San Diego have been selected as 2026 Siebel Scholars in rec...

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