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Midlife Refit of Research Vessel Roger Revelle Completed

December 10, 2020

Research vessel (R/V) Roger Revelle is back at work after a midlife refit involving upgrades from top to bottom, bow to stern. The primary goal of extending the service life by 15 to 20 years was accomplished with improvements to systems crucial to the vessel’s operations, scientific capabilities, habitability, and environmental footprint.

Archaeologists Explore Secrets of Neolithic Village off Israel’s Coast

December 10, 2020

​​​​​​​UC San Diego archaeologist and Qualcomm Institute (QI) affiliate Thomas Levy and Assaf Yasur-Landau of the University of Haifa in Haifa, Israel and their teams have completed a combined physical and virtual excavation of a Neolithic underwater settlement off Israel’s Carmel coast.

On the Frontlines of Science Policymaking

December 10, 2020

UC San Diego chemist Seth Cohen is helping to shape the trajectory of science in the U.S. With a serious interest in civics and public policy since high school, Cohen double-majored in chemistry and political science in college.

A Human-Centered Approach to Artificial Intelligence

December 10, 2020

The UC San Diego Institute for Practical Ethics presented a new model for artificial intelligence technology Dec. 3, virtually hosting famed AI expert Stuart Russell as their third annual keynote speaker.

Honoring Our ‘Library of Dreams’

December 10, 2020

As response to the pandemic moved a majority of courses online, two undergraduates found themselves missing their friends and missing campus. So, they recorded an eight-track album as an homage to the heart of campus.

New Study Helps Pinpoint When Earth’s Plate Subduction Began

December 9, 2020

According to findings published Dec. 9 in the journal Science Advances, Earth's plate subduction could have started 3.75 billion years ago, reshaping Earth’s surface and setting the stage for a planet hospitable to life.

When Strains of E.coli Play Rock-Paper-Scissors, It’s Not the Strongest That Survives

December 9, 2020

What happens when different strains of bacteria are present in the same system? Do they co-exist? Do the strongest survive? In a microbial game of rock-paper-scissors, researchers at the University of California San Diego’s BioCircuits Institute uncovered a surprising answer.

Researchers discover a new superhighway system in the Solar System

December 9, 2020

Researchers have discovered a new superhighway network to travel through the Solar System much faster than was previously possible. Such routes can drive comets and asteroids near Jupiter to Neptune’s distance in under a decade and to 100 astronomical units in less than a century.

Evolution May Be to Blame for High Risk of Advanced Cancers in Humans

December 8, 2020

Compared to chimpanzees, our closest evolutionary cousins, humans are particularly prone to developing advanced carcinomas — the type of tumors that include prostate, breast, lung and colorectal cancers — even in the absence of known risk factors, such as genetic predisposition or tobacco use.

SDSC’s ‘Expanse’ Supercomputer Formally Enters Production

December 8, 2020

The San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego announced that its new Expanse supercomputer formally entered service for researchers following a program review by the National Science Foundation, which awarded SDSC a grant in mid-2019 to build the innovative system.
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