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A Battery Breakthrough Inspired by a Can of Compressed Air

May 8, 2025

A UC San Diego engineering alumnus reflects on how a chance curiosity about a can of compressed air, along with support across campus, fueled an innovation in battery technology.

UC San Diego Engineer Miroslav Krstic Named Fellow-Ambassador of CNRS

May 1, 2025

Krstic joins world leaders in their research fields as a Fellow-Ambassador with France’s national research organization.

Using Bacteria as Living Test Tubes to Study Human Gene Mutations and Find New Drug Leads

April 30, 2025

Traditional methods of studying human gene mutations are often laborious and costly. Now bioengineers at UC San Diego have developed a new simple approach to rapidly check on human gene changes and also screen chemicals as potential drugs by turning everyday bacteria into living test tubes.

Good News for Fusion Energy Workforce Development in San Diego

April 10, 2025

Thanks to a new institutional user agreement with the DIII-D National Fusion Facility, UC San Diego personnel, including qualified graduate students, can now apply for access to the DIII-D tokamak facility even without being directly tied to a dedicated multi-year grant.

Hands-on Chemical Engineering Course at UC San Diego Brings Students Out into the Light

February 25, 2025

Teaching Professor Aaron Drews wants the chemical engineering students to be seen.

New Microactuator Driving System Could Give Microdrones a Jump-start

February 18, 2025

An innovative circuit design could enable miniature devices, such as microdrones and other microrobotics, to be powered for longer periods of time while staying lightweight and compact.

UC San Diego Professor Honored by Sony and Nature for Bioengineering Research

February 4, 2025

Bioengineering Professor Kiana Aran is one of three inaugural winners of the Sony Women in Technology Award with Nature. She is recognized for her pioneering work fusing biology with electronics to enhance precision medicine.

Microbial Cell Factories May Help Get to the Root of Understudied Plant Molecules

January 16, 2025

A new tool could make it easier to study scarce and mysterious plant molecules. Researchers co-led by the University of California San Diego have developed so-called microbial cell factories—using E. coli and yeast—to produce a special class of plant hormones, known as strigolactones, at unprecedented levels. By amplifying production of strigolactones, which occur in such low amounts in plants, researchers now have the ability to study these elusive plant molecules in much greater depth than before. The work could help improve sustainable agricultural practices by offering deeper insights into how plants make and use their natural hormones to adapt and survive.
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