Can Eyewear Close the Hearing Gap?
The UC San Diego-incubated startup is recruiting local participants to test its AI-enabled prototypes.
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Nanomedicine Pioneer Awarded MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’
UC San Diego chemical and nano engineering professor Liangfang Zhang has been named a 2026 MacArthur Fellow from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. He has developed a creative approach to medicine that features cell-mimicking nanoparticles to treat disease.
Undergraduate Engineers Receive Summer Research Scholarships Thanks to Support from General Atomics
Eleven undergraduate engineering students at UC San Diego received scholarships to conduct research in labs on campus this summer as part of the IDEA Engineering Research Scholarship program at the Jacobs School of Engineering.
How Close Are We to Artificial Superintelligence?
Could artificial superintelligence be closer than we think? UC San Diego philosopher Eddy Keming Chen discusses recent advances in AI, the prospect of machines surpassing human intelligence and how society can thoughtfully navigate increasingly capable AI systems.
By Shaping and Shrinking Light, Engineers Alter a Material’s Magnetic Properties
A new approach that uses light to switch the magnetic states of a material could lead to faster, smaller and more energy-efficient data storage.
Social Brains Allow Animal Groups to Escape Danger
A new study shows that fish swimming in schools can avoid danger just by seeing their neighbors escape. UC San Diego researchers studied how individuals identify their social partners’ actions by imaging the brain activity of translucent glassfish swimming in a virtual reality environment.
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