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Multimillion-Dollar Grant Funds New Vaccine Effort to Prevent Strep Throat Infections

September 3, 2019

CARB-X, an international funder of efforts to fight antimicrobial resistance, is awarding up to $15 million to develop a strep throat vaccine based on original research at UC San Diego.

How to Simulate Softness

August 30, 2019

UC San Diego researchers discovered clever tricks to design materials that replicate different levels of perceived softness. The findings provide fundamental insights into designing tactile materials and haptic interfaces that can recreate realistic touch sensations.

Supercomputers Pave the Way for New Machine Learning Approach

August 29, 2019

Researchers at SDSC, LANL, and UNC Chapel Hill have developed a machine learning approach called transfer learning that lets them model novel materials by learning from data collected about millions of other compounds.

World premiere! Tijuana music heroes debut score to silent film classic

August 29, 2019

Bostich + Fussible of the Grammy-nominated Nortec Collective will perform a new suite of electronic music created as a score for a rediscovered 1920’s Mexican silent movie classic, El Tren Fantasma (The Ghost Train).

Machine Learning Algorithm Can’t Distinguish These Lab Mini-Brains from Preemie Babies

August 29, 2019

Nine-month-old brains-in-a-dish and the brains of premature newborn babies generate similar electrical patterns, as captured by electroencephalogram (EEG) — the first time such brain activity has been achieved in a cell-based laboratory model.

Popular Pain Medication Associated with Greater Risk of Hypoglycemia

August 28, 2019

As the opioid tramadol has grown in popularity so too have documented cases of adverse effects. In a new study, researchers at Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at UC San Diego show that patients who take tramadol are at greater risk for hypoglycemia, abnormally low blood sugar.

UC San Diego Health Performs First HIV-to-HIV Kidney Transplant in Region

August 27, 2019

For the first time in Southern California, surgeons at UC San Diego Health have transplanted the kidney of a deceased donor with HIV into a recipient with a pre-existing HIV infection. The procedure is part of an unprecedented multi-site national clinical trial.

UC San Diego Again Named No. 1 Public University by Washington Monthly

August 26, 2019

The University of California San Diego has been named the top public university in the nation by Washington Monthly for contributions to social mobility, research and public service. UC San Diego has been the no. 1 public college in the rankings nine times in the past 10 years.

NIH Awards Researchers $3.1 Million Grant to Improve Treatment of Common Pediatric Heart Condition

August 26, 2019

An international team of researchers received a five-year, $3.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to discover new and better ways to treat a pediatric congenital heart condition known as tetralogy of Fallot, which affects a total of 85,000 individuals in the US.

Lasers Enable Engineers to Weld Ceramics, No Furnace Required

August 22, 2019

Using lasers, engineers have developed a new ceramic welding technology that works in ambient conditions, making it more practical than traditional methods that require melting the parts in a furnace at extremely high temperatures. This could make it possible to build ceramic-encased electronics.
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