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San Diego Supercomputer Center Helps Advance Computational Chemistry

February 8, 2021

Researchers from MIT have succeeded in developing an artificial intelligence (AI) approach to detect electron correlation – the interaction between a system’s electrons – which is vital but expensive to calculate in quantum chemistry.

Deepfake Detectors can be Defeated, Computer Scientists Show for the First Time

February 8, 2021

Systems designed to detect deepfakes --videos that manipulate real-life footage via artificial intelligence--can be deceived, computer scientists showed for the first time at the WACV 2021 conference which took place online Jan. 5 to 9, 2021.

The Pandemic Blenny, a New Fish Discovered by Scripps Scientist

February 5, 2021

Scripps scientist describes new species of fish, named after the COVID-19 pandemic

New Report Confirms Benefits of Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations at Lake Mendocino

February 4, 2021

Modern forecasting methods fueled by advances in understanding and predicting atmospheric river storms have enabled U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) operators to better optimize water resources at Lake Mendocino, a Northern California reservoir.

Entrepreneurs Help Tritons Build the Businesses of Tomorrow

February 4, 2021

Being a part of a changemaker, rule-breaker campus like UC San Diego means students, faculty and staff skillfully find solutions to complex problems, create innovative ideas that can improve lives and build novel business concepts that can disrupt the conventional way of doing things.

Q&A: Experts Discuss New COVID-19 Variants and Vaccine Effectiveness

February 4, 2021

In November 2020, a new variant of COVID-19 was identified in the United Kingdom (B1.1.7). In December 2020, it was announced another variant had been uncovered in South Africa (B1.351). Yet another emerged in January in Brazil, known as P.1. A virus can mutate when it copies itself as it spreads.

Stories of Black Family in America

February 4, 2021

UC San Diego celebrates Black History Month in February, with this year’s theme focusing on “The Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity.” We invited students, faculty and staff on campus to share personal memories about family, meaningful gatherings in community.

Lightening the Data Center Energy Load

February 3, 2021

Engineers at UC San Diego are on the front lines of global efforts to reduce the energy used by data centers. Through an ARPA-E grant, the team is working to double data center energy efficiency in the next decade through deployment of new photonic— light based —network topologies.

UC San Diego Health Opens Vaccination Site on University Campus

February 2, 2021

UC San Diego Health will open a new COVID-19 vaccination site on the main campus of University of California San Diego, serving vaccination-eligible UC San Diego Health patients as well as UC San Diego faculty and staff.

Scripps Oceanography and San Diego Gas & Electric Expand Climate Change Research Collaboration

February 2, 2021

Utility San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to conduct research on the effects of climate hazards to the San Diego region.
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