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'Smart sticker' turns any cup into a health-monitoring device
New Atlas | November 26, 2025

An engineering team from the University of California San Diego is redefining what health trackers can look like. They've developed the Smart Cup plat...

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Researchers turn disposable cups into vitamin C health trackers
Packaging Insights | November 25, 2025

Scientists at UC San Diego have created an battery-free electronic sticker for drinking cups capable of detecting a person's vitamin C levels using th...

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This Wearable Gesture Sensor Packs AI Smarts to Strip the Noise From the Signal, Even at Sea
Hackster | November 18, 2025

Researchers from the University of California San Diego have developed a wearable device that, they say, can let people control robots and other machi...

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Scientists Could Soon Recreate This Creature's Superpower for Humanity
Popular Mechanics | November 13, 2025

Scientists hope that Xanthommatin, the pigment that helps cephalopods change color, can be used in useful biomaterials like natural sunscreens and col...

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This "Unawareable" Smart Cup Tracks Your Vitamin C Levels -- And Draws Power From Your Sweat
Hackster | November 11, 2025

Researchers from the University of California San Diego and the University of California have designed an "unawareable" smart cup that can t...

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New smart cup sticker delivers instant vitamin C readings from fingertip sweat
Interesting Engineering | November 10, 2025

A fingertip on a cup may soon reveal more about your nutrition than a clinic visit. A team of engineers at the University of California San Diego has ...

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UNIGRID Fully Charged for Increased Production
San Diego Business Journal | November 5, 2025

UNIGRID, Inc. is poised to expand its production capacity 20-fold over the next year following the sodium-ion battery company's rapid growth in foundr...

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Why rooftop solar?s emissions math is changing
PV Magazine | October 30, 2025

The first solar panels practically yeeted coal off the grid. But progress doesn?t simply solve our fossil-fueled problems; it reshapes them. Mentions ...

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The best source of critical minerals is driving down U.S. streets
The Washington Post | October 29, 2025

When an EV battery dies somewhere in North America, there's a good chance it'll wind up at Redwood Materials, the company that runs the biggest lithiu...

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Can San Diego be a crucial part of a Silicon Valley for nuclear fusion?
San Diego Union-Tribune | October 29, 2025

Quotes mechanical engineering professor Mike Campbell...

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What are the satellites saying? It's no secret if they're not encrypted.
KPBS | October 28, 2025

You can?t see them. But up in the sky, about 30,000 miles from San Diego, there are dozens of geostationary satellites beaming signals to our city and...

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Generative AI can help athletes avoid injuries
Medical XPress | October 27, 2025

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have created a model driven by generative AI that will help prevent injuries in athletes and als...

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