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Anew generation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools designed to allow rapid, low-cost detection of clinically actionable genomic alterations directly from tumor biopsy slides has been developed by a team led by engineers and medical…

Anew 3D printing method developed by engineers at the University of California San Diego is so simple that it uses a polymer ink and salt water solution to create solid structures. The work, published in Nature Communications, has the…

Nearly 90% of researchers who develop robots for autistic people didn’t bother to ask autistic people if they need the technologies, says Naba Rizvi, a computer science Ph.D. student in the University of California Jacobs School of…

The UC San Diego Alumni Association has welcomed a new slate of executive officers and directors to its ranks, led by incoming board president Melody Gonzales ’02. First formed by a group of graduates in 1974, today’s Alumni Board of…

The Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California San Diego is proud to announce the creation of 18 new endowed chairs. These endowed chairs will empower a world-class cohort of faculty to explore new and innovative…

In a new study, marine biologists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and Arizona State University are providing a first-of-its-kind glimpse into coral “bleaching” responses to stress, using imaging technology to…

Ateam from the UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute (QI) and Jacobs School of Engineering, and Texas A&M University has developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based software platform that could one day give internet users a more efficient…

Nanotechnology is a subtle but influential part of the world around us, driving advances in everything from medicine and food packaging to electronic devices and environmental science. Scientists have used nanotechnology to control…

For decades, scientists have focused on how the brain processes information in a hierarchical manner, with different brain areas specialized for different tasks. However, how these areas communicate and integrate information to form a…

While seeking to unravel how marine algae create their chemically complex toxins, scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography have discovered the largest protein yet identified in biology. Uncovering the biological…