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The living material is 3D-printed as a grid-like structure.
Could a 3D-Printed ‘Living Material” Actually Clean Up Contaminated Water
The wireless ultrasound patch. The probe is placed on the carotid artery. Credit: Xu lab at UC San Diego.
We foresee a future where diagnoses can occur anytime and anywhere, enabled by wireless devices
A wearable ultrasonic-system-on-patch mounted on the chest for measuring cardiac activity. Photo by Muyang Lin for the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego.
Wireless ultrasound for deep-tissue cardiac monitoring while moving
Engineered cells show oscillating abundance of a master aging regulator. Credit: Hao Lab, UC San Diego
Extending the lifespan of cells to extend the lifespan of us?
A photoacoustic sensor could help clinicians diagnose tumors, organ malfunctions and more. Photo by Xiaoxiang Gao for the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego
A wearable skin patch that could help spot life-threatening conditions such as malignant tumors, organ dysfunctions and more
Artificial neural networks are computing systems inspired by biological neural networks that constitute animal brains. Like biological models, they can learn (be trained) by processing examples and forming probability associations, then apply that information to other tasks.
Do artificial neural networks need “sleep” in order to do better?
Treating deadly pneumonia with tiny swimming robots
The inverted architecture of this perovskite solar cell, coupled with surface engineering, enabled researchers to improve efficiency and stability. Photo from NREL
Breakthrough: A perovskite solar cell with the dual benefits of being both highly efficient and highly stable
Dr. Natalia Freund CREDIT Tel Aviv University
Breakthrough: Antibodies that may make coronavirus vaccines unnecessary
Former UC San Diego graduate student Stephanie Gamez created this artistic depiction of genetics and the fruit crop pest Drosophila suzukii.
Could CRISPR technology replace the need for insecticides and only suppress the target species population?
No other choice: A fundamental shift in how we think of ourselves as a species as we finally recognize ongoing resources are limited
Restorative gene editing using sequences from the counterpart chromosome: The standard CRISPR enzyme Cas9 offers the ability to make repairs but also potentially results in unintended mutations (mutagenic events) at the targeted site and possibly elsewhere in the genome (left). In contrast, the nickase enzyme results in more efficient gene correction and no mutagenic events (right).
A new and safer CRISPR approach that may correct genetic defects in the future
A 3D-printed “meta-bot” developed by UCLA engineers is capable of propulsion, movement, sensing and decision-making. It is manufactured all at once by a new type of 3D printing process for engineered active materials with multiple functions (also known as metamaterials).
All-in-one 3D printing method that can produce functioning robots in a single step
A machine learning technique, called VALHALLA, is able to hallucinate an image of written words, and then use it to help translate the text into another language.
A very different machine-learning method hallucinates to improve text translation
A low cost, low power technology to help robots accurately map their way indoors using WiFi