January 5, 2023
Researchers led by UC San Diego computer scientist Tajana Simunic-Rosing have entered in a $35 million contract from the Semiconductor Research Corporation to make computing orders of magnitude faster and more efficient. A group of 10 universities will band together to create the PRISM center.
December 6, 2011
Researchers at UC San Diego’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, in collaboration with several universities in the U.S., United Kingdom, and Poland, have developed a new picture of how kinesin molecules move along microtubules, or tiny biological train tracks – and how they sometimes come to a halt, causing diseases…
January 12, 2015
A new method that creates large-area patterns of three-dimensional nanoshapes from metal sheets represents a potential manufacturing system to inexpensively mass produce innovations such as “plasmonic metamaterials” for advanced technologies.
November 2, 2023
The U.S. Department of Defense has announced that it has awarded $27 million for a USC-led Microelectronics Commons project. UC San Diego is a key member of this coalition of research and industry organizations with the power to accelerate development and manufacturing of microelectronics in the US.
March 19, 2015
…the profound benefits that nanotechnology can have on modern medicine. Gianneschi’s team is currently developing nanoparticles that can be injected into the body and made to swarm into inflamed problem areas such as tumors, where they could more effectively deliver medicine or even assemble to form larger things, such as…
April 26, 2018
…same building as a nanotechnology atomic force microscope. The groundbreaking ceremony for the CMRR. Pictured: Frieder Seible, professor of Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering Sciences (AMES) at UC San Diego; Al Blaylock, president of Blaylock- Willis and Assoc.; William D. McElroy, trustee of the Charles Lee Powell Foundation; Gil Hegemier, professor…
November 15, 2022
The startup AquilX seeks to commercialize a wearable device that offers a “lab under the skin.” But for Farshad Tehrani, the firm represents so much more.
May 21, 2015
…of research enabled by nanotechnology and nanoscience, we are able to accelerate the pace of the discovery.” Working at the level of atoms is just the start. UC San Diego is home to one of the world’s most advanced microgrids. Having a world-class microgrid in its backyard means center researchers…
January 17, 2024
Sensors built with a new manufacturing approach are capable of recording activity deep within the brain from large populations of individual neurons–with a resolution of as few as one or two neurons–in humans as well as a range of animal models.
September 27, 2012
There is a new home base for visiting researchers at the University of California, San Diego, and it also serves engineering and other faculty members who need international funding to help get new technologies closer to commercialization.
