Press Clips Archive

UC San Diego researcher awarded $800,000 no strings attached
KPBS | October 1, 2026

When Liangfang Zhang got the news, it was a typical morning. He had just finished dropping his daughter off at school and was on his way to his lab. B...

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Organic chemist and nanoscientist named 2026 MacArthur Fellows
Chemical & Engineering News | September 30, 2026

Organic chemist Song Lin of Stanford University and chemical and nanoengineer Liangfang Zhang of the University of California San Diego are among the ...

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Pain, struggle, and hope: This year's scientist MacArthur Fellows
Science | September 30, 2026

University of California, San Diego chemical and bioengineer Liangfang Zhang had just dropped his daughter off at school when he received a call from ...

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UCSD professor who pioneered medicinal Trojan horses awarded prestigious MacArthur 'genius grant'
The San Diego Union-Tribune | September 29, 2026

As a chemical engineer, UC San Diego professor Liangfang Zhang could have opted for career paths that had nothing to do with medicine or the greater h...

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Cheap wall tiles 'inspired by flowing streams' could fix one of superfast 6G's biggest problems
Live Science | August 24, 2026

Superfast 6G has a major problem-- signals struggle to pass through physical barriers. But scientists have invented a $2 wall tile that can fix that....

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Printable Tiles Double Wireless Speeds
Hackster.io | August 20, 2026

UCSD's passive 3D-printed tiles nearly double millimeter wave speeds and coverage by steering signals around obstacles without electronics....

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A boring tile wants to fix the worst problem of ultra-fast mmWave 5G connections for you
Digital Trends | August 19, 2026

Researchers are using simple 3D-printed reflective surfaces to redirect mmWave signals around tricky indoor environments...

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NSF Deploys $108M for Quantum Metamaterials as Its Own Funding Faces Proposed Cuts
Tech Times | August 2, 2026

The U.S. National Science Foundation announced on July 30 that it will deploy $108 million across six elite university research centers to develop the...

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NSF Awards UC San Diego $18 Million MRSEC Grant for Quantum Materials Development in $108 Million National Materials Initiative
Quantum Computing Report | August 1, 2026

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) an $18 million, six-year grant to fund a ...

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A New Smart Ring Uses Finger Sweat to Track Health
CNET | July 28, 2026

Today's smart rings use tiny built-in sensors, such as photoplethysmography light sensors, to collect biophysical data, including your heart rate and ...

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Fingertip Sweat Patch Tracks Levodopa Levels in Parkinson's Disease
Medscape | July 28, 2026

A soft, wearable fingertip patch continuously monitored levodopa in passively collected sweat without requiring exercise or external power, with resul...

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Sweat-Sensing Patch Tracks Parkinson's Disease Drug Levels in Real-Time
The Scientist | July 27, 2026

A wearable fingertip sensor continuously measures levodopa levels in sweat, which could enable personalized dosing for patients with Parkinson's disea...

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