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Two early career researchers at the University of California San Diego have been named recipients of the 2023 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s New Innovator Award. The prestigious award, part of the NIH Common Fund’s…

Robots built by engineers at the University of California San Diego helped achieve a major breakthrough in understanding how insect flight evolved, described in the Oct. 4, 2023 issue of the journal Nature. The study is a result of a…

Daniel John, a bioengineering undergraduate student at the University of California San Diego, was one of 11 students from across the state awarded the $15,000 Strauss Scholarship for outstanding students developing social change or…

UC San Diego is bustling with excitement as it prepares for its Homecoming and Family Weekend, a campuswide celebration filled with spirited Triton fun. The beloved university tradition takes place from Oct. 16-22, offering dozens…

Picture a smartphone clad in a casing that’s not just for protection but also doubles as a reservoir of electricity, or an electric car where the doors and floorboard store energy to propel it forward. Such technologies may one day be…

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have created a unique, cell-by-cell atlas of the amygdala, a small structure deep within the brain that plays a crucial…

From helping wounded soldiers in the field, to helping robots avoid obstacles in the field, and more, researchers from the UC San Diego Contextual Robotics Institute made a strong showing at IROS 2023.  The conference took place…

Artificial intelligence (AI) shows its artistic side in a new algorithm created by researchers from UC San Diego and the Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music (IRCAM) in Paris, France. The new algorithm, called the…

On September 20, 2023, the Regents of the University of California approved UC San Diego Health’s request to purchase Alvarado Hospital Medical Center from Prime Healthcare. The acquisition of the 302-bed medical campus is expected to be…

Since he was a small boy, Serajh Esmail knew he wanted to be a doctor. But it wasn’t until fifth grade, when his mother suggested that he read Dr. Ben Carson’s autobiography, that his future career path was confirmed. “Reading…