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This Thin Device Can Store Energy, Strengthen Structures and Be Recycled

Engineers developed a new type of supercapacitor that can do more than store electricity — it can also provide structural support and be quickly disassembled into reusable parts. It could offer a more sustainable approach to energy storage for lightweight electric vehicles.

Sense and Treat

Toward lab tests and medical delivery, on the same microneedle patch.

Inexpensive Reflective Tiles Pave the Way for Cost Effective Millimeter Wave Wireless Communications

Electrical engineers from UC San Diego have developed inexpensive custom tiles that can be used to reflect millimeter wave signals in ways that address path obstruction issues and improve wireless network coverage.

Researchers Use a Physical Device to Take Over Electronics in a Boeing 737

Physical access to an aircraft has not typically been considered a cybersecurity risk – but it should be, according to a team of computer scientists at the University of California San Diego.

Inside San Diego’s Innovation Engine

What powers San Diego’s innovation engine? When leading minds from academia, industry and government gathered at UC San Diego, the answer was clear: collaboration.

Corn Stalks. It’s What’s for Dinner … If You’re a Microbe.

Engineers have developed a strain of a common bacterial species that can feed exclusively on the three major sugars present in corn stalks. This work has exciting implications for the future of biomanufacturing.

With ARPA-H Award, UC San Diego Engineers will Develop a Soft, Autonomous Robot for Stroke Care

A research team led by engineers at UC San Diego was awarded up to $26.1M from ARPA-H to develop a soft, flexible robot that can safely and autonomously navigate through the tiny blood vessels of the brain and remove clots, expanding access to a life-saving stroke treatment.

NSF Funds Major Center at UC San Diego to Make New Quantum Materials

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded University of California San Diego researchers a six-year $18M grant to fund a Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) focused on making new kinds of quantum materials.

UC San Diego Researchers Use SDSC’s Expanse to Better Understand Bone-Like Minerals

Hydroxyapatite is already widely used in medical materials to help strengthen teeth and bones, since it is the primary mineral naturally found in bone. Researchers introduced europium’s light-emitting properties to make the material easier to see in bioimaging applications.

Sweat-Powered Fingertip Patch Accurately Monitors Parkinson’s Medication

Researchers developed a patch that continuously tracks a patient’s Parkinson's disease medication levels through their fingertip sweat. The device operates using chemicals in this sweat — no batteries required. Its measurements were comparable to those obtained by standard laboratory blood tests.

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