February 8, 2019
Combining the biomolecules DNA and RNA, UC San Diego’s Thomas Hermann and his graduate students Alba Monferrer and Douglas Zhang created robust modules that facilitate the self-assembly of polygonal nanoshapes—really tiny triangles, squares, pentagons and hexagons measured at the nanometer scale.
September 23, 2015
Scientists from UC San Diego are leading a novel pollution experiment at Imperial Beach, Coronado, and Tijuana. During the Cross Surfzone/Inner-shelf Dye Exchange project, researchers will perform three experiments releasing non-toxic bright pink fluorescent dye into beach waters and track its movements along the coast some 6.2-12.4 miles for nearly…
July 16, 2020
…input from various common sensors available on the phone (chiefly Bluetooth, infrared and motion sensors), BluBLE can provide more accurate estimates of each contact’s potential risk. BluBLE also plans to encourage effective quarantine while respecting the user’s privacy. The application would provide polite notifications to quarantined users tempted to venture…
June 8, 2017
…reads GPS and temperature sensors, which are encoded by a solar-powered transmitter so it can be tracked. By keeping the cost ultra low, UC San Diego students and researchers can use the balloons and payloads for small research projects and STEM outreach. According to Ellis, being able to track the…
December 2, 2020
Physicist Chunhui Du was selected to receive the U.S. Air Force’s Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) Award for her nanoscale quantum sensing technique using diamonds to study novel and unconventional superconductor materials.
June 13, 2012
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering have developed a technique that enables metallic nanocrystals to self-assemble into larger, complex materials for next-generation antennas and lenses.
May 17, 2017
…in Singapore. The robot could be used to capture sensor readings in dangerous environments or for search and rescue.
September 3, 2024
A sweat-powered wearable has the potential to make continuous, personalized health monitoring as effortless as wearing a Band-Aid. UC San Diego engineers have developed an electronic finger wrap that monitors vital chemical levels—such as glucose, vitamins, and even drugs—present in the same fingertip sweat from which it derives its energy.
February 27, 2012
Marine scientists and a commercial telecommunications company are exploring partnerships that could dramatically advance scientists’ ability to observe and study ocean processes, provide early alerts for potential disasters and study deep Earth geodynamics.
May 2, 2019
…Engineering On communications in sensor systems Massimo Franceschetti, an electrical and computer engineering professor at the Jacobs School of Engineering, is changing the way engineers think and talk about digital information with potentially worldwide impact. Sensor systems that enable autonomous vehicles to identify pedestrians, bikes, cars and everything in between…
