UC San Diego Health Ranks No. 1 in San Diego, Makes National Honor Roll
July 31, 2023
U.S. News & World Report ranks 10 medical and surgical specialties at UC San Diego Health among the nation’s best.
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A Scalable Approach to Building and Updating Phylogenies
July 27, 2023
A team of researchers led by Metin Balaban and Siavash Mirarab at UC San Diego have developed a more scalable method to infer phylogenetic trees. Their work appears in Nature Biotechnology.
This 3D Printed Gripper Doesn’t Need Electronics To Function
July 27, 2023
This soft robotic gripper is not only 3D printed in one print, it also doesn’t need any electronics to work. The device was developed by a team of roboticists at UC San Diego, in collaboration with researchers at the BASF corporation.
New Resource Harmonizes 16S and Shotgun Sequencing Data for Microbiome Research
July 27, 2023
UC San Diego scientists debut Greengenes2, a massive reference database that could be used to reconcile years of microbiome studies.
Across the Universe: UC San Diego Announces New Astronomy and Astrophysics Department
July 27, 2023
Is there life on other planets? What happened in the earliest days of the universe? What is the nature of dark matter? These are just a few of the grand questions being tackled by the University of California San Diego’s newly formed Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
UC San Diego Health among First in Nation to Perform Regenerative Brain Cell Procedure for Epilepsy
July 26, 2023
UC San Diego Health is among the first in the nation to perform an experimental regenerative brain cell therapy for epilepsy aimed at eliminating seizures.
New Sports Medicine Procedure Heals Runner’s Heel
July 25, 2023
UC San Diego Health offers new minimally invasive sports medicine treatment to repair tendon overuse injuries.
UC San Diego Library’s 2023 Art of Science Exhibit Opens July 28
July 25, 2023
Art and science converge once more in a new Art of Science exhibit curated by the UC San Diego Library and slated to open this Friday, July 28.
Robotic Hand Rotates Objects Using Touch, Not Vision
July 25, 2023
Inspired by the effortless way humans handle objects without seeing them, a team led by UC San Diego engineers has developed a new approach that enables a robotic hand to rotate objects solely through touch, without relying on vision.
Reaching New Heights at UC San Diego Medical Center in Hillcrest
July 25, 2023
The final steel beam for UC San Diego Health’s new outpatient pavilion was positioned while team members looked on in admiration and pride.
