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Gift Expands UC San Diego Efforts to Teach Engineering Problem Solving at Scale

More than 5,300 high school students in the San Diego region have already benefitted from an innovative program that teaches engineering problem solving to non-engineers.

Alcohol Opens the Floodgates for Bad Bacteria

UC San Diego scientists have found that chronic alcohol use impairs the guardrails that protect the liver from pathogens, exacerbating the liver damage caused by alcohol.

New Database Expands Understanding of Pacific Coral Reef Fish

Marine biologists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography have released a new database of size parameters for 1,308 species of Pacific coral reef fishes, advancing scientists’ understanding of fish health and population dynamics in the region.

UC San Diego Named No. 1 Best Public College for Research in New Washington Monthly Ranking

The University of California San Diego earned the title of No. 1 best public college for research in America in a new ranking released by Washington Monthly. The Best Colleges for Research ranking also positions the university at No. 6 among all research universities assessed nationwide.

Tracking the UV? Ditching the SPF? Here’s What a Dermatologist Says

Gen Z is timing their tans to the UV index, while sunscreen skepticism spreads online. A UC San Diego dermatologist explains why these shifts in sun habits have experts concerned.

$1.7B in Funding Fuels Research that Sparks Breakthroughs

University of California San Diego received $1.7 billion in grants over the previous year, funding that fueled critical research in human health, national defense, advanced technology, social sciences, and much more.

Clinical Trials Revolutionize Patient’s Liver Disease

After diagnosis with liver disease, patient Rosa Tellez-Moore opts to participate in clinical trials, which change the trajectory of her treatment.

UC San Diego Library Preserves the Sounds and Stories of Oceania with Recordings at Risk Grant

UC San Diego Library has received a $48,815 grant to digitize 727 rare recordings from the Tuzin Archive for Melanesian Anthropology, preserving voices, songs, and stories from Oceania and expanding access for scholars and Pacific Island communities.

Overcoming Disordered Energy in Light-Matter Interactions

In a new study, researchers from UC San Diego designed experiments to show how disordered energy can limit the energy transfer pathway of polaritons, and further demonstrated a strategy to overcome this limitation.

Researchers Identify Weak Points in Diamond Fusion Fuel Capsules

Materials scientists at UC San Diego have uncovered how diamond — the material used to encase fuel for fusion experiments at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory — can develop tiny structural flaws that may limit fusion performance.

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