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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...
For Fusion Energy, the Time is Now. The Place is California
November 24, 2025
More than 200 leaders from government, industry, national labs and academia gathered at UC San Diego...
Embodied AI Research Takes Center Stage at San Diego Robotics Forum
November 18, 2025
The San Diego Robotics Forum celebrated its 10th anniversary Nov. 5, 2025 with talks from startup fo...
Wearable Lets Users Control Machines and Robots While on the Move
November 17, 2025
Engineers have developed a next-generation wearable system that enables people to control machines u...
UC San Diego Will Lead a New California Effort to Make Fusion Energy a Practical Reality
November 12, 2025
UC San Diego has been selected to lead a new multi-institution research effort aimed at solving mate...
Upgraded UC San Diego Facility Accelerates Efforts to Develop Materials for Fusion Reactor Walls
November 12, 2025
A newly upgraded fusion research facility at UC San Diego is expected to reduce the time and cost re...
Sweat-powered Sticker Turns Your Drinking Cup into a Health Sensor
November 10, 2025
Engineers have developed a battery-free electronic sticker that attaches to everyday objects like a ...
New Alloy Design Could Power Solid-state Batteries that Charge Faster and Last Longer
November 7, 2025
Engineers have developed a new design strategy for metal alloy negative electrodes that could signif...
How Can Computer Science Educators Teach Students to Calibrate their Trust in GenAI Programming Tools?
November 3, 2025
How much do undergraduate computer science students trust chatbots powered by large language models ...
Scientists Produce Powerhouse Pigment Behind Octopus Camouflage
November 3, 2025
Scientists have described a new way to produce large amounts of xanthommatin, a natural pigment...
Could Mobile Batteries Enable Electric Construction Vehicles and Enhance Grid Resilience?
October 30, 2025
In a first-of-its-kind test, engineers at UC San Diego are experimenting with large, mobile bat...
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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...