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Engineers Develop New Magnetic Ink to Print Self-Healing Devices That Heal in Record Time

November 2, 2016

…make self-healing batteries, electrochemical sensors and wearable, textile-based electrical circuits. The key ingredient for the ink is microparticles oriented in a certain configuration by a magnetic field. Because of the way they’re oriented, particles on both sides of a tear are magnetically attracted to one another, causing a device printed…

Google Selects UC San Diego Computer Science Professor and Alumni for Faculty Research Awards

February 18, 2016

Google has announced two new Google Faculty Research Awards to CSE alumni and one to CSE Prof. Ravi Ramamoorthi in the Jacobs School of Engineering of the University of California, San Diego. It is Ramamoorthi’s second such award, after receiving one in 2014 while he was still at UC Berkeley…

UC San Diego Physicist to Receive Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award

May 7, 2015

…all important ingredients in modern electronics, information storage and sensor industries. Schuller has also dedicated considerable effort to popularizing physics through public lectures and award-winning educational television and video. Learn more about Schuller’s work and career.

Six-Story Steel Frame Building Undergoes Seismic Testing on World’s Largest Outdoor Shake Table

June 16, 2016

A team of engineers is testing a six-story, lightweight steel-frame building on the world’s largest outdoor seismic shake table this month at the University of California San Diego. The goal is to better understand how cold-formed steel structures withstand earthquakes and the fires that may follow. This is the tallest…

This ‘Squidbot’ Jets Around and Takes Pics of Coral and Fish

October 6, 2020

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have built a squid-like robot that can swim untethered, propelling itself by generating jets of water. The robot carries its own power source inside its body.

Surveys Identify Relationship between Waves, Coastal Cliff Erosion

December 28, 2020

Researchers have always known that waves were an important part of cliff erosion, but they haven’t been able to separate the influence of waves and rain before. After decades of debate over the roles that waves and rain play in cliff erosion, new findings provide opportunity to improve forecasts

SDSC Helps Professionals ‘Connect the Dots’ in Graph Analytics

April 2, 2015

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) will begin addressing a rapidly emerging area of interest in data science by holding its first Graph Analytics “boot camp” on Thursday, April 23rd, at its location on the UC San Diego campus in La Jolla, California.

Health Data Exploration Projects Show Value of Personal Health Data and Devices

March 31, 2016

A series of reports from recipients of five Health Data Exploration (HDE) grants demonstrate a growing awareness and appreciation for systems and devices that monitor personal health data, advance the use of personal health data for research and encourage healthy living.

New Biosensor Visualizes Stress in Living Plant Cells in Real Time

June 1, 2020

UCSanDiego scientists have developed a new biosensor that visualizes stress in living plant cells in real time. The new nanosensor allows unprecedented access to explore mechanisms related to drought.

Impacts of 2020 Red Tide Event Highlighted in New Study

April 30, 2024

In the spring of 2020, a historic red tide event occurred in waters off Southern California. Marine scientists from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, NOAA, and other organizations seized the opportunity to study the unprecedented event and its impacts on marine life, both in the wild and in…

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