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MRI and Augmented Reality for Better Back Pain Surgery Wins at Research Expo 2026

Mechanical engineering Ph.D. student Songyuan Lu won the grand prize at this year’s Research Expo, where more than 150 students presented their research posters across the six departments at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering.

AI-enhanced Microscopy Produces Crisp, Real-time Video Inside Live Cells

Using artificial intelligence, engineers have developed a new way to watch the inner workings of living cells in real time. The process both captures images that are twice as sharp as conventional microscopes and is fast enough to play as smooth video.

Why Some Brains with Alzheimer’s Stay Sharp

UC San Diego researchers uncovered why some people stay cognitively healthy despite Alzheimer’s-related brain changes, identifying a key pathway that may guide earlier detection and prevention.

Protecting Lives on Earth, With Space

With innovative approaches to life-threatening diseases and natural disasters, UC San Diego researchers are making critical breakthroughs.

Two UC San Diego Bioengineers Named AIMBE Fellows

Kiana Aran, associate professor of bioengineering and medicine, and Alyssa Taylor, a teaching professor of bioengineering, are among the 175 distinguished medical and biological engineers inducted as Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

Using Physics, Engineers Create Fentanyl Test Strips That Are 100 Times More Sensitive

Engineers have developed fentanyl test strips that are about 100 times more sensitive than current commercial versions. They achieved this feat by creating a new physics-based model that explains, for the first time, how these test strips work and how to systematically improve them.

New Chip Design Could Boost Efficiency of Power Management in Data Centers

Engineers have developed a new chip design that could make data centers more energy efficient by improving a critical task in electronics: converting high voltages into lower levels for use in processors.

Why is the Artemis II Mission Landing off the Coast of San Diego?

We asked Aaron Rosengren, a faculty member in the UC San Diego Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and an expert on spacecraft orbits between Earth and its moon, to explain why San Diego was chosen as the end point of the Artemis II mission.

What Does It Mean To Learn With AI?

What happens when AI becomes part of how we learn? On campus, students and faculty are exploring new approaches — engaging with these tools and the ideas behind them.

An Asteroid Doesn’t Have to Hit Earth to Cause Catastrophe

A less-known threat can dramatic consequences for human civilization: a collision between a large asteroid and the moon. The debris from such a collision would damage satellites that underpin the infrastructure for everything from telecommunications, to defense, to navigation here on Earth.

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