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Before Crisis Strikes — Smartwatch Tracks Triggers For Opioid Misuse

January 30, 2026

Opioid overdoses continue to take a devastating toll across the United States. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2023, the nation recorded roughly 105,000 drug overdose deaths overall, with nearly 80,000 deaths involving opioids.

Hydrogen Power Gets a Spark — Thanks to SDSC’s Expanse

January 28, 2026

Solar panels and wind turbines increasingly dot the landscape, but the future of clean energy may well depend on how smoothly we burn hydrogen. Yet as anyone who’s lit a gas grill or fireplace knows, igniting a flame can be a bit tricky.

Farm-to-Table via Supercomputer

January 12, 2026

Across California, researchers, farmers, technologists and universities are launching a bold vision for the future of farming: “precision agriculture,” an approach that uses advanced sensors, networking and artificial intelligence to help growers make more informed decisions.

Congressional App Challenge Partners with SDSC to Strengthen the Nation’s Tech Workforce Pipeline

December 15, 2025

If you’ve ever wondered where the new leading tech innovators might emerge, they may have just paid us a visit. Several of San Diego County’s most promising high school coders recently visited SDSC to learn more about coding as part of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge.

UC San Diego Team Takes Third Place at SC25 Student Cluster Competition in St. Louis

December 5, 2025

UC San Diego Team Sea++ was awarded third place at this year’s Student Cluster Competition, which took place at the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, held this year in St. Louis, Missouri.

SDSC-housed Protein Data Bank Brings Molecules Up to Size

November 4, 2025

Molecules — the unseen architects that form everything from the DNA in your cells to the planets in distant galaxies, crafting the very fabric of reality while remaining too small for the human eye to glimpse. But thanks to the Protein Data Bank we can now “see” these hidden wonders.
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