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Researchers create tunable photon-pair spectrum using room-temperature quantum optics silicon chip

December 15, 2014

A team of researchers from the University of California, San Diego have demonstrated a way to emit and control quantum light generated using a chip made from silicon—one of the most widely used materials for modern electronics.

UC San Diego Startup Wins $2.4 Million Defense Department Contract to Improve Battery Performance

May 23, 2023

Ateios Systems, a battery materials innovation company started by two UC San Diego alumni, announced that it has been awarded $2.4 million by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to help improve battery material performance and production.

UC San Diego Engineering Dean Emeritus Receives Top Award from National Academy of Engineering

September 28, 2023

Robert “Bob” Conn, dean emeritus of the University of California San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, has been selected to receive one of the oldest and most prestigious National Academy of Engineering (NAE) awards, the Simon Ramo Founders Award for 2023.

New Technique Could Expand Number of Diseases Detected by Noninvasive Prenatal Testing

November 9, 2015

…Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, uses a semiconductor sequencing platform to identify small chromosomal deletions or duplications, such as occur in Cri du Chat Syndrome and DiGeorge Syndrome, with a simple blood test from the expectant mother.

UC San Diego Joins USC-led Coalition to Boost Microelectronics Production for 5G/6G

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.

Three Entrepreneurial UC San Diego Faculty Members To Join National Academy of Inventors

December 8, 2022

UC San Diego’s ranks now include 18 fellows of the National Academy of Inventors. Three professors have been named 2022 NAI fellows, the highest professional distinction awarded to academic inventors.

Exotic particles, chilled and trapped, form giant matter wave

May 24, 2012

Physicists have trapped and cooled exotic particles called excitons so effectively that they condensed and cohered to form a giant matter wave.

Solar Fuels Conference Comes to Campus

June 15, 2017

…using sunlight with a semiconductor and two thin layers of catalysts to “split” carbon dioxide into oxygen and carbon monoxide. “Carbon monoxide, or CO, is an important industrial chemical, which is normally produced from natural gas,” said Kubiak. “So with CO2 splitting you can save fuel, produce a useful chemical…

Detecting Fetal Chromosomal Defects Without Risk

May 6, 2014

A team of scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and in China describe a new benchtop semiconductor sequencing procedure and newly developed bioinformatics software tools that are fast, accurate, portable, less expensive and can be completed without harm to mother or fetus.

SDSC Joins the Intel Parallel Computing Centers Program

September 9, 2014

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, is working with semiconductor chipmaker Intel Corporation to further optimize research software to improve the parallelism, efficiency, and scalability of widely used molecular and neurological simulation technologies.

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