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Spray-on Antibacterial Coating Offers New Protection for Plants Against Disease and Drought
Engineers have developed a spray-on polymer coating that could help plants resist harmful bacterial infections and survive drought. Spraying just part of a leaf results in bacterial immunity and improved drought tolerance for the entire plant.
Three UC San Diego Professors Inducted Into the National Academy of Inventors for 2025
Three professors at the University of California San Diego have been elected to the 2025 Class of Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI): Ping Liu, Bernhard Palsson and Alan Saltiel. They are recognized for their innovations in sustainable manufacturing, batteries and metabolic research.
From Pong to PlayStation: This Class Uses Gaming to Teach Computer Science
What was the first video game? How did we get from the two gray dots and two gray rectangles on a black background that made up ‘Pong’ to the complex, almost life-like graphics and sophisticated storytelling of today’s video games? About two dozen undergraduate students learne...
For Fusion Energy, the Time is Now. The Place is California
More than 200 leaders from government, industry, national labs and academia gathered at UC San Diego on Nov. 13, 2025 for the first statewide convening to accelerate California’s fusion energy economy.
Wearable Lets Users Control Machines and Robots While on the Move
Engineers have developed a next-generation wearable system that enables people to control machines using everyday gestures — even while running, riding in a car or floating on turbulent ocean waves.
UC San Diego Will Lead a New California Effort to Make Fusion Energy a Practical Reality
UC San Diego has been selected to lead a new multi-institution research effort aimed at solving materials, fuel, diagnostic and workforce challenges required to make clean, affordable fusion energy a commercial reality.
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Spray-on Antibacterial Coating Offers New Protection for Plants Against Disease and Drought
December 18, 2025
Engineers have developed a spray-on polymer coating that could help plants resist harmful bacterial ...
Three UC San Diego Professors Inducted Into the National Academy of Inventors for 2025
December 11, 2025
Three professors at the University of California San Diego have been elected to the 2025 Class of Fe...
From Pong to PlayStation: This Class Uses Gaming to Teach Computer Science
December 9, 2025
What was the first video game? How did we get from the two gray dots and two gray rectangles on a bl...
Accelerating Engineering Innovation to Market
December 5, 2025
Two Jacobs School faculty are working to bring their innovations to market through UC San Diego'...
UC San Diego Team Takes Third Place at SC25 Student Cluster Competition in St. Louis
December 5, 2025
A team of UC San Diego undergraduates incuding engineers and computer scientists won third...
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