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Air Pollution May Contribute to Development of Lung Cancer in Never-smokers, New Study Finds

A new study reveals that air pollution, traditional herbal medicines and other environmental exposures are linked to genetic mutations that may contribute to the development of lung cancer in people with no or hardly any history of smoking.

Living Materials Now Easier to Build with a Larger Palette of Ingredients

Sustainable materials—powered by sunlight and living microbes—that remove pollutants from water, release oxygen into a wound or heal themselves after damage could become simpler to create thanks to new research by a team of biologists and engineers at UC San Diego.

Sensitive Yet Tough Photonic Devices Are Now a Reality

Engineers have achieved a long-sought milestone in photonics: creating tiny optical devices that are both highly sensitive and durable. This work could lead to a new generation of photonic devices that are not only precise and powerful but also much easier and cheaper to produce at scale.

New Cooling Tech Could Curb Data Centers’ Rising Energy Demands

A new cooling technology could significantly improve the energy efficiency of data centers and high-powered electronics while reducing water use associated with cooling. By passively removing heat through evaporation, it offers a promising alternative to traditional cooling systems.

It’s Hard to Get Meds to the Lungs: Breathable Algae Offer a New Path

Algae are the new delivery drivers: they are tiny enough to float in inhalable liquid particles and travel deep inside the lungs of mice where they drop off drugs to fight pneumonia.

Self-assembling Molecules Take the Spotlight at Research Expo 2025

UC San Diego materials science and engineering Ph.D. student Liya Bi won the grand prize at the 43rd annual Jacobs School of Engineering Research Expo for his work studying how molecules organize themselves into ordered patterns on metal surfaces, which could transform how microchips are made.

One Timed-release Capsule Could Replace Taking Multiple Pills

Managing complex medication schedules could soon become as simple as taking a single capsule each day. UC San Diego engineers have developed a capsule that can be packed with multiple medications and release them at designated times throughout the day.

AI Helps Unravel a Cause of Alzheimer’s Disease and Identify a Therapeutic Candidate

A new study found that a gene recently recognized as a biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease is actually a cause of it, due to its previously unknown secondary function that triggers a pathway that disrupts how cells in the brain turn genes on and off.

Childhood Exposure to Bacterial Toxin May Be Triggering Colorectal Cancer Epidemic Among the Young

Researchers have identified a potential culprit behind the alarming rise in early-onset colorectal cancer: a bacterial toxin called colibactin. Exposure to colibactin in early childhood imprints distinct patterns of DNA mutations that were significantly more common in early-onset cases.

UC San Diego Bioengineer Inducted Into 2025 Class of the AIMBE College of Fellows

Bioengineering professor Daniela Valdez-Jasso was inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). She was recognized for her research exploring the roles of biomechanical forces in the progression of pulmonary arterial hypertension.

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