Nano News

Highlighted in ThisWeek@UCSanDiego, Professor Ong discusses his group’s efforts in using the power of supercomputers to accelerate materials discovery and innovation...

Shyue Ping Ong was one of a dozen scientists affiliated with the University of California system to be selected, out of a total of 750 entries nationwide. read more

NanoEngineering Professor Shaochen Chen created a 3D-printed hydrogel to detoxify b

Nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego are asking what might be possible if semiconductor materials were flexible and stretchable without sacrificing electronic function? read more 

Professor Joseph Wang presented a Plenary opening lecture at the 15th International Meeting for Chemical Sensors (IMCS) in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The German Materials Society (DGM) will be presenting to Dr. Marc Meyers as a co-recipient of the 2014 Heyn Medal, their highest award. This medal will be given at the September 22, 2014  meeting. Congratulations Marc!

Congratulations to Dr. Liangfang Zhang's research lab.

According to the World Power list...read more  Congratulations Joe!!  

one from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), another from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The NIH project is on the development of biomimetic tissue models using 3D bioprinting and human induced pluripotent stem cell.

Andrea Tao’s DURIP award will support the purchase of a state-of-the-art AFM-couple Raman spectrometer, which will be used in characterizing large-scale metamaterials fabricated by nanoparticle self-assembly.

MIT Technology Review has named Professor Liangfang Zhang, among the top 35 young innovators of 2013 for research entitled "A nanoengineering scheme to make drugs more effective by fooling the im

Darren Lipomi's Research Group is awarded a grant from the NSF BRIGE program (Broadening Research Initiation Grants in Engineering) for a project on understanding how organic solar cells function on the nanoscale and for its outreach efforts to underre

Joseph Wang is a Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair of Nanoengineering at the University of California, San Diego in the US. His research looks at the rapidly developing field of nanobioelectronics which aims to integrate nano- and biomaterials with electronic transducers.

Researchers at UC San Diego have developed a temporary tattoo sensor that could help warn marathoners, cyclists and other extreme athletes if they're about to encounter the sudden, overwhelming sense of fatigue known as "the wall."  Read more

Flexible biofuel cells harvested substantial biochemical energy from human sweat in real-life scenarios..read more

Engineers at the University of California, San Diego have invented a “nanosponge” capable of safely removing a broad class of dangerous toxins from the bloodstream...

Congratulations to our Professor Joseph Wang for receiving the 2013 Spiers Memorial Award for his major contributions to Electrochemistry and Nanobiotechnology from the UK  Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). r