July 21, 2020
July 21, 2020 —
Researchers investigating the ways that plants protect themselves—from insects to pathogens—have discovered an “on-off” switch that controls plant defensive mechanisms. The finding lays the groundwork for improved plant disease resistance and food stability.
July 21, 2020
July 21, 2020 —
Two UC San Diego professors are among 13 Newton Award recipients, out of a pool of 548 applicants, for their vision to study and efficiently simulate complex interconnected systems for long-term analysis.
July 21, 2020
July 21, 2020 —
An international team of researchers has developed a non-invasive blood test that can detect whether an individual has one of five common types of cancers, four years before the condition can be diagnosed with current methods.
July 20, 2020
July 20, 2020 —
Engineers have incorporated a new understanding of the impact of environmental factors on droplet spread into a mathematical model that can be used to predict the early spread of respiratory viruses including COVID-19, and the role of respiratory droplets in that spread.
July 17, 2020
July 17, 2020 —
Astronomers in UC San Diego’s Cool Star Lab, directed by Adam Burgasser, have contributed to the discovery of two unusual brown dwarfs containing atypical amounts of heavy elements in their atmospheres.
July 16, 2020
July 16, 2020 —
Scientists have unraveled key mechanisms behind the mysteries of aging. They isolated two paths that cells travel during aging and engineered a new way to genetically program these aging routes. The researchers also identified a master circuit that guides the aging processes.
July 16, 2020
July 16, 2020 —
For the fall 2020 quarter, the University of California San Diego has offered admission to more California residents and underrepresented students, including students from low-income households and those who will be the first in their family to attend a four-year college, compared to previous years.
July 16, 2020
July 16, 2020 —
Ron Graham, a professor of computer science and mathematics at the University of California San Diego, perhaps best known for the discovery of Graham’s number, passed away July 6, 2020 at his home in La Jolla, from complications due to bronchiectasis, a chronic lung condition. He was 84.
July 16, 2020
July 16, 2020 —
UC San Diego launched the Dissemination and Implementation Science Center earlier this year to provide researchers and practitioners with the training, technical assistance, mentoring and resources they need to conduct research that is meaningful in real-world settings.
July 16, 2020
July 16, 2020 —
Motivated by the prospect of creating protective, social-distancing “bubbles” around members of the public, researchers in the UC San Diego Wireless Communications Sensing and Networking Laboratory are developing BluBLE, a new app for contact tracing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
