June 17, 2024
The Federal Drug Administration approved a clinical trial to test the effectiveness of an electronic grid that records brain activity during surgery, developed by engineers at the University of California San Diego.
December 15, 2022
The 2022 U.S. midterm elections ran relatively smoothly and faced few consequential accusations of fraud or mismanagement. Yet many Americans don’t trust this essential element of a democracy.
August 6, 2020
CARI Therapeutics has received additional funding from the National Institute of Drug Abuse to refine their tiny implantable biosensor that could help combat the deadly and destructive opioid crisis in the United States.
February 2, 2022
Data from a UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science study point to as much as a 27% increase in heart disease risk in postmenopausal women who experience both high levels of social isolation and loneliness.
February 3, 2015
…diagnosing and interpreting 15 physiological conditions and capturing vital health metrics.
February 24, 2014
Using a novel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided laser technology, neurosurgeons at UC San Diego Health System have successfully treated a malignant tumor deep inside a patient’s brain. This is the first time that this FDA-approved laser-based treatment has been performed in California.
May 12, 2016
…make positive, real-world change. Monitoring Global Reef Health Scripps Institution of Oceanography scientist David Kline will have unique access to images with resolution greater than 50 centimeters as part of research he is leading associated with the Big Pixel Initiative. Higher-resolution satellite imagery may allow for direct monitoring and mapping…
June 6, 2019
…in the Amazon and monitor crop health for future food security. The Human Rights Watch even uses space data to monitor loss of life and environmental damage during catastrophic events. “Satellites are such a powerful tool in telling us how our world is changing,” Munguia said. “And I love that…
September 9, 2020
A key part of UC San Diego’s proactive Return to Learn strategy to detect SARS CoV-2 (which causes COVID-19) and reduce transmission of the virus is wastewater monitoring.
December 5, 2018
University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers engineered sensors to detect and measure the metastatic potential of single cancer cells. Metastasis is attributed as the leading cause of death in people with cancer.
