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

Technology & Engineering

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

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

Report Details the Widespread Impacts of Dust on California

Science & Environment

Researchers from several University of California campuses have collaborated to create a report on dust in California, which comes at a time of great need for the public to understand the issue. "We want to get our legislators to take the increase in dust pollution more seriously," said one.

Dust rises from Owens dry Lake, Calif. Photo: Brian Russell and the Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District

Growing Our Way out of a Climate Crisis

Science & Environment

A new UC San Diego study compares a promising agricultural solution to other proposed methods of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) as a way of showing what needs to happen to address the climate crisis on a global scale.

Researcher arranges harvested root system for data collection. Photo: Salk Institute

One Timed-release Capsule Could Replace Taking Multiple Pills

Technology & Engineering

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.

Small capsule with a yellow, white, green, white and red striped pattern held by a hand wearing a purple glove.

Mindfulness Therapy Reduces Opioid Craving and Addiction, Study Finds

Health & Behavior

Researchers from UC San Diego found that Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) can help rewire the brain’s response to natural healthy pleasure, leading to reduced opioid cravings. The findings suggest that MORE could be a promising tool in the fight against opioid use disorder.

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

Health & Behavior

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.