Imagine a technology that could target pesticides to treat specific spots deep within the soil, making them more effective at controlling infestations while limiting their toxicity... Read more
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a wearable patch that could provide personalized cooling and heating at home, work, or on the go. The soft, stret... Read more
How many robots does it take to screw in a light bulb? The answer: just one, assuming you’re talking about a new robotic gripper developed by engineers at the University of Califor... Read more
A new technique could pave the way for ultra low power and high-security wireless communication systems Electrical engineers at the University of California, San Diego demonstrated... Read more
What does it take to fabricate electronic and medical devices tinier than a fraction of a human hair? Nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego recently invented a n... Read more
SunShot Project aims to make solar cost competitive A multidisciplinary engineering team at the University of California, San Diego developed a new nanoparticle-based material for... Read more
The work took nearly four years to complete and it opens a fundamentally new direction in photonics – with far-reaching potential consequences for the control of photons in optical... Read more
The tool leverages this technology to detect security-specific properties within a hardware system. For example, the tool can make sure that a cryptographic key does not leak outsi... Read more
“We are developing the design rules for a new generation of plastic–or, better, rubber–electronics for applications in energy, biomedical devices, wearable and conforma... Read more
This is the first such test of a printed liquid-fueled, metal rocket engine by any university in the world Like something out of a Robert Heinlein novel, students at the University... Read more
After touch screens, researchers demonstrate electronic recording and replay of human touch Researchers at the University of California, San Diego report a breakthrough in technolo... Read more
The SkySweeper prototype could be scaled up for less than $1,000 Mechanical engineers at the University of California, San Diego invented a robot designed to scoot along utility li... Read more
Engineers in the Coordinated Robotics Lab at the University of California, San Diego, have developed new image processing techniques for rapid exploration and characterization of s... Read more
The tail of a seahorse can be compressed to about half its size before permanent damage occurs, engineers at the University of California, San Diego, have found. The tail’s excepti... Read more
Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego, have developed an immersive, first-person player video game designed to teach students in elementary to high school... Read more
