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New Collaboration Expands Capabilities and Enhances Natural Disaster Resilience

ALERTCalifornia announced a new collaboration with Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab that will foster innovation and present novel opportunities to use ALERTCalifornia’s camera network and AI to prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural disasters.

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

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.

New Research Connects Heart Attacks to Brain, Nervous and Immune Systems

UC San Diego scientists have uncovered a transformative new understanding of heart attacks. The research, which connects the heart, brain and nervous and immune systems, shows that blocking key signals can lead to new treatments for heart attacks and minimize their resulting damage.

First-of-its-kind Cleanroom Turns Inventions into Devices Ready for FDA Approval

A first-of-its-kind good manufacturing practices facility located on a university campus in the United States opened this fall at the University of California San Diego. The space is dedicated to building devices that can be implanted in the human body – especially for neurological applications.

From Chatbots to Dice Rolls: Researchers Use D&D to Test AI’s Long-term Decision-making Abilities

Large Language Models, like ChatGPT, are learning to play Dungeons & Dragons. The reason? Simulating and playing the popular tabletop role-playing game provides a good testing ground for AI agents that need to function independently for long stretches of time.

The Sky is Full of Secrets: Glaring Vulnerabilities Discovered in Satellite Communications

With $800 of off-the-shelf equipment and months worth of patience, a team of U.S. computer scientists set out to find out how well geostationary satellite communications are encrypted. And what they found was shocking.

By Building Virtual Cells, Researchers Aim to Design Better Microbes and Drugs

Bioengineers are creating comprehensive digital twins of bacterial cells to understand more about how to engineer strains that can sustainably produce valuable chemicals, as well as understand the effects of antibiotics to combat drug-resistant bacteria. The project is part of a new DARPA program.

ARPA-H Project Awarded at UC San Diego Aims to End Liver Transplant Shortage with 3D Bioprinting

An up to $25.8 million research project at UC San Diego, funded by ARPA-H and led by chemical and nano engineering professor Shaochen Chen, aims to tackle the critical shortage of donor organs by developing fully functional, patient-specific livers using 3D bioprinting.

Compressed Data Technique Enables Pangenomics at Scale

Engineers at UC San Diego have developed a new data structure and compression technique that enables the field of pangenomics to handle unprecedented scales of genetic information.

UC San Diego is Strengthening U.S. Semiconductor Innovation and Workforce Development

Andrew Kahng is part of several major national initiatives that together are transforming how future engineers learn to design and build computer chips. His work is helping UC San Diego become a driving force in the nation’s growing semiconductor innovation ecosystem.

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