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A Battery Breakthrough Inspired by a Can of Compressed Air

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.

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.

Sarina Dahlan ‘98 and S.B. Divya MEng ‘00 Reunite at Their Alma Mater for an Evening of Storytelling

The University of California San Diego Library’s Signature Event Series, now in its fifth year, continues with a special evening featuring two distinguished alumni authors: Sarina Dahlan ’98 and S.B. Divya MEng ’00. The event will explore the power of speculative fiction to address contemporary...

A fully automated tool for species tree inference

A team of engineers at UC San Diego is making it easier for researchers from a broad range of backgrounds to understand how different species are evolutionarily related, and support the transformative biological and medical applications that rely on these species trees.

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.

Helping High-Performance Computers Multi-task

A joint team of computer scientists from UC San Diego and Purdue University took an in-depth look at how well CPUs can coordinate valuable computational work with incoming requests and proposed a practical method to carry out parallel tasks with speed and efficiency.

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

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

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.

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

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.

From Lab to Clinic: The Muscle Physiology Lab at UC San Diego

The Muscle Physiology lab at UC San Diego is transforming our understanding of musculoskeletal health, one of the most important determinants of healthy longevity. However, this research could be under threat if proposed cuts to the National Institutes of Health are implemented.

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