October 2, 2024
UC San Diego researchers have created an array of nanopillars that can breach the nucleus of a cell—the compartment that houses our DNA—without damaging the cell’s outer membrane. This new “gateway into the nucleus” could open new possibilities in gene therapy, where genetic material needs to be delivered directly into…
September 20, 2024
Five UC San Diego graduate students applying engineering principles to solve medical challenges have been selected as 2025 Siebel Scholars. The Siebel Scholars program recognizes the most talented students in the world’s leading graduate schools of business, computer science, bioengineering and energy science.
June 3, 2021
At the upcoming Conference of the Parties (COP26) in November, ample discussion is likely to focus on how the world is not on track to meet the Paris Agreement’s goals of stopping warming at well below 2°C.
April 18, 2011
…tsunami, followed by a nuclear crisis. Global warming and deforestation are having major impacts on the health of the planet. Globalization and armed conflicts have sparked new and re-emerging epidemics of infectious diseases. We are all global citizens, so we should all take some responsibility to improve global health. It's…
October 4, 2016
Four biologists, a nanoengineer and a biophysicist at UC San Diego today received a total of more than $5 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health to pursue innovative and transformative research projects.
January 24, 2019
…memory of the distinguished nuclear physicist. York was the founding Chancellor of UC San Diego, first director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, first chief scientist of the Advanced Research Projects Agency, and the founding director of IGCC. IGCC, which is based at GPS, works across the UC system to address…
September 16, 2012
Chemists at UC San Diego have developed a method that for the first time provides scientists the ability to attach chemical probes onto proteins and subsequently remove them in a repeatable cycle.
November 5, 2013
The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, has recently stepped up efforts to provide its expertise in high-performance computing (HPC) and data storage to small-and medium-sized companies, particularly across San Diego’s innovation-driven, high-tech economy.
August 3, 2023
A team of battery researchers led by the University of California San Diego and University of Chicago has developed a new methodology to produce the potentially game-changing thin film solid-state electrolyte called lithium phosphorus oxynitride (LiPON).
October 17, 2019
…first floor with large openings for shop windows or parking, which are vulnerable to collapse during a temblor. Testing of retrofitting systems at full scale on the UC San Diego shake table, led by John van de Lindt, a professor at Colorado State University, was critical to make this possible.…
