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Making Yeast More Efficient ‘Cell Factories’ for Producing Valuable Plant Compounds

Researchers have discovered a way to make yeast cells more efficient “factories” for sustainably producing valuable plant compounds, which could be used to help plants defend against disease, repel pests, attract pollinators, and withstand environmental stresses such as drought and heat.

AI Models Can Now Be Customized with Far Less Data and Computing Power

Engineers have created a new method to make large language models (LLMs) — such as the ones that power chatbots and protein sequencing tools — learn new tasks using significantly less data and computing power.

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

Why do some of the body’s most important cells — like those in the brain and heart — age, even though they never divide? Chemical and nano engineering professor Zeinab Jahed has received a seed grant from the Hypothesis Fund to help answer this question.

Mapping RNA-Protein ‘Chats’ Could Uncover New Treatments for Cancer and Brain Disease

A technology that maps entire networks of RNA-protein interactions inside human cells could offer new strategies for treating diseases ranging from cancer to Alzheimer's.

UC San Diego’s New Bioengineering Labs Open Doors for Student Innovation

When UC San Diego bioengineering students step into their newly renovated instructional labs this fall, they’ll find themselves in cutting-edge spaces designed not just for hands-on learning, but with the specific needs of bioengineers in mind.

Extreme Experiments on Perovskite May Offer Insight Into Earth’s Interior and Deep Earthquakes

Materials scientists have performed powerful laser shock experiments on a perovskite mineral to better understand the geophysical processes in Earth's deep interior and the mechanisms behind earthquakes deep within the planet.

Researchers Identify Weak Points in Diamond Fusion Fuel Capsules

Materials scientists at UC San Diego have uncovered how diamond — the material used to encase fuel for fusion experiments at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory — can develop tiny structural flaws that may limit fusion performance.

Simple Algorithm Paired with Standard Imaging Tool Could Predict Failure in Lithium Metal Batteries

A simple yet powerful method to characterize how lithium deposits in lithium metal batteries could lead to the development of safer, longer-lasting and more energy dense batteries for electric vehicles and grid-scale energy storage.

New AI Tool Learns to Read Medical Images With Far Less Data

A new AI tool could make it much easier — and cheaper — for doctors and researchers to train medical imaging software, even when only a small number of patient scans are available. It could lead to faster, more affordable diagnostic tools, especially in hospitals and clinics with limited resources.

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