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UC San Diego Health is the first hospital system in the region to offer a new immunotherapy treatment for metastatic melanoma, the first solid tumor therapy on the market approved by the FDA. Learn more at today.ucsd.edu/story/uc-san-d….

The Climate Games: UC San Diego team aims to raise awareness of climate change through unique video game funded with a $50,000 Climate Action, Resilience, and Environmental Sustainability grant. Learn more at today.ucsd.edu/story/the-clim….

UC San Diego Startup Incubator Helps Company Expand Wireless Reach: World Mobile is leveraging talent and facilities with QI Innovation at UC San Diego to bring connectivity to underserved areas. Learn more at today.ucsd.edu/story/uc-san-d….

Phytoplankton genetically sequenced at sea for the first time with scientific support from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and J. Craig Venter Institute. Learn more at forbes.com/sites/lewisnun….

Innovative Minds, High-Impact Solutions: How UC San Diego Accelerates Medical Technology Innovation. Learn more at today.ucsd.edu/photo-essays/i….

Bringing More Entrepreneurial, Hands-on, Human-centered Design to Campus: Natasha Tan's Alumnus Perspective. Learn more at today.ucsd.edu/story/c-suite-….

How do cells know to move in the right direction at the right time to create a fully formed, complex living organism? Researchers at UC San Diego have developed a new method to manipulate cell movement in embryos. Learn more at today.ucsd.edu/story/short-ti….

UC San Diego startup team aiming to provide life-saving technology for stroke victims wins the National Nanotechnology Entrepreneurship Challenge (NTEC) for third year in a row. Learn more about their work at today.ucsd.edu/story/uc-san-d….

New 'Atlas' Unveils Groundbreaking Insights into Gene Function During Early Embryo Development: A decade-long project culminates in a comprehensive gene databank, shedding light on numerous genes linked to human disorders. Learn more at today.ucsd.edu/story/new-atla….

Engineers at UC San Diego have developed a wearable ultrasound patch that can offer continuous, non-invasive monitoring of blood flow in the brain, addressing a critical gap in clinical practices. Learn more at today.ucsd.edu/story/wearable….

Researchers from the UC San Diego have developed new, efficient genome editing tools called multiplexed orthogonal base editors (MOBEs) to tackle complex diseases and further disease modeling. Learn more at today.ucsd.edu/story/mobes.

OpenAI’s newest AI model can hold a humanlike conversation, in which GPT-4o can see, hear and speak with near-instant response times, marking a pivotal milestone. Learn more at nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news….

Franklin Antonio Hall Sparks Research Collaborations: From improving robot-assisted surgery to studying how humans prefer to interact with robots, collaborations across different departments have been ignited by Franklin Antonio Hall. Learn more at today.ucsd.edu/story/ICRA2024.

University of California San Diego has once again been named No. 7 among U.S. public universities in the latest Center for World University Rankings (CWUR), upholding its position from the previous year. Learn more at today.ucsd.edu/story/uc-san-d….

UC San Diego Teams Compete for $5M NASA Grants to Pioneer Climate Change Satellites: #NASA has selected two UC San Diego-led teams as finalists in a high-stakes competition to develop revolutionary #climatechange satellites. Learn more at today.ucsd.edu/story/uc-san-d….

APIA Heritage Month: Innovation and Unity Transforming Communities and Understanding. A recap of the 18th Annual Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Celebration and preview of upcoming events. Learn more at today.ucsd.edu/story/apia-her….

Simulated Chemistry: New AI Platform Designs Tomorrow’s Cancer Drugs. The new platform helped UC San Diego scientists synthesize 32 potential multi-target cancer drugs. Learn more at today.ucsd.edu/story/simulate….

NSF NAIRR Pilot: AI Researchers Gain Access to San Diego Supercomputer Center, Boosting Responsible AI Research Nationwide! Learn more at today.ucsd.edu/story/national….

Science has an AI problem. This group says they can fix it. A growing body of evidence has revealed deep flaws in how machine learning is used in science, a problem that has swept through dozens of fields. Learn more at today.ucsd.edu/story/science-….

Biodegradable ‘Living Plastic’ Houses Bacterial Spores That Help It Break Down: UC San Diego researchers have developed a biodegradable form of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), a soft yet durable commercial plastic. Learn more at today.ucsd.edu/story/biodegra….