A Summer of Learning by Doing
August 31, 2026
UC San Diego's Qualcomm Institute hosted three summer internships in semiconductors, game design and AI, giving students hands-on, workforce-ready skills.
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NSF Funds New Center to Design Reliable, Self-Correcting Quantum Computers
August 27, 2026
A multidisciplinary team of researchers including computer scientists at UC San Diego has been awarded a $37.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation for a center aimed at designing practical and self-correcting quantum computers from top to bottom,.
This Thin Device Can Store Energy, Strengthen Structures and Be Recycled
August 20, 2026
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
August 19, 2026
Toward lab tests and medical delivery, on the same microneedle patch.
Inexpensive Reflective Tiles Pave the Way for Cost Effective Millimeter Wave Wireless Communications
August 18, 2026
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
August 13, 2026
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
August 13, 2026
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.
August 7, 2026
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
August 6, 2026
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.
