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The Core of Powerful, Power-Efficient Processors

December 3, 2021

The paper by a team of computer scientists that led to a novel processor architecture that would provide significant energy benefits has been recognized for its lasting impact with a MICRO Test of Time Award.

San Diego Supercomputer Center’s Expanse Provides a Sneak Peek of the Extended Solar Corona

December 3, 2021

On Saturday, Dec. 4, a total eclipse of the sun will occur at 07:33 (Universal Time) over Antarctica and parts of the South Pacific near the southern tip of Chile. The solar corona – visible to the naked eye only during a total eclipse – will be viewable for just over one minute.

Can Seven Questions Determine How Wise You Are?

December 2, 2021

Researchers report that an abbreviated, seven-item scale can help determine with high validity a person’s level of wisdom, a potentially modifiable personality trait that has been shown to have a strong association to well-being.

Developing Sex-specific Treatments for Heart Disease

December 2, 2021

As a heart fails, a woman's ventricular wall increases in thickness relative to a man's. And in heart valve disease, men show more calcified tissue growth, while women develop more fibrotic, scar-like tissue. Yet, treatments for both diseases remain strikingly similar for both men and women, despite the differences in disease progression. 

Summit of Science

December 2, 2021

The tools of a scientist often feature items like microscopes and petri dishes. For an elite group of physiologists and biologists 40 years ago, they also included ice axes and belays.

Trolley Stations Open on Campus, Connecting the University Like Never Before

December 2, 2021

One of the largest infrastructure projects in San Diego’s history, the $2.1 billion Mid-Coast Trolley Extension started as a line on a piece of paper in 1986. After decades of planning, construction of the 11-mile extension of the Blue Line trolley began in the fall of 2016, with a celebration on our campus. Fittingly, the campus celebrated the grand opening with an event for the entire community on Sunday, Nov. 21.

Frank Würthwein Named Director of the San Diego Supercomputer Center

November 30, 2021

The San Diego Supercomputer Center has a new director. Frank Würthwein, lead of SDSC’s Distributed High-Throughput Computing Group, executive director of the Open Science Grid, a physics professor and a founding faculty member of the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute at UC San Diego assumes the role

How the Pandemic Lockdown Impacted UC San Diego Undergrad Internet Use

November 30, 2021

Armed with de-identified internet use data from UC San Diego dorm Wi-Fi, the researchers examined how online school and leisure activities shifted – for both American and international students.

Flu Virus Shells Could Improve Delivery of mRNA Into Cells

November 30, 2021

UC San Diego nanoengineers developed a new and potentially more effective way to deliver messenger RNA (mRNA) into cells. Their approach involves packing mRNA inside nanoparticles that mimic the flu virus—a naturally efficient vehicle for delivering genetic material such as RNA inside cells.

Scott Lippman to Launch NCI’s PreCancer Genome Atlas

November 29, 2021

Scott Lippman, MD, will lead the PreCancer Genome Atlas, an NCI-sponsored effort to map premalignant lesions and how they evolve into invasive cancers.
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