October 11, 2019
October 11, 2019 —
UC San Diego engineers have developed a way to build soft robots that are compact, portable and multifunctional. The advance was made possible by creating soft, tubular actuators whose movements are electrically controlled, which makes them easy to integrate with small electronic components.
October 10, 2019
October 10, 2019 —
The Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research at University of California San Diego School of Medicine announces $3 million in research grants to explore new applications of cannabis for a number of novel medical applications.
October 10, 2019
October 10, 2019 —
When you hold constant national origin, religion is the most powerful source of discrimination against refugees to the United States – mattering more than gender, age, fluency in English or professional skill. Also: anti-Muslim bias prevails across the board in the U.S. but differs across subgroups.
October 10, 2019
October 10, 2019 —
Space. The proverbial final frontier. “These are the voyages” of new centenarian and renowned astronomer Margaret Burbidge. Her mission to understand the stuff stars are made of has taken her boldly where no woman has gone before …
October 10, 2019
October 10, 2019 —
The University of California San Diego today announced the 2019 recipients of the esteemed Chancellor’s Medal and Revelle Medal.
October 10, 2019
October 10, 2019 —
With 33 states and the District of Columbia having legalized medical marijuana, it was inevitable that there would be much talk of its therapeutic benefits, real or imagined. But lost in the equally inevitable hype has been hard scientific proof.
October 10, 2019
October 10, 2019 —
For seven weeks this summer, 120 high school and college students called UC San Diego’s campus home as they conducted groundbreaking research on how the human brain works, how to design materials to withstand earthquakes, how to build safer batteries, and 57 equally challenging topics.
October 10, 2019
October 10, 2019 —
UC San Diego Athletics is on the move. A flurry of activity has begun as the university prepares to transition to National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division 1 competition on July 1, 2020. Four years ago, students voted unanimously in a referendum to support the move to the Big West Conference, which will garner UC San Diego teams unprecedented national exposure.
October 10, 2019
October 10, 2019 —
In the fall of 2018, UC San Diego cognitive science major Christian Oshita was headed into what should have been his last and best collegiate season as a forward on the UC San Diego men’s basketball team— though it might have been difficult to top his previous two seasons, both finishing with championship banners.
October 9, 2019
October 9, 2019 —
Study finds when verbal memory test cut-offs were tailored to patient sex, more female patients and fewer male patients were considered to have amnesic mild cognitive impairment. This could change the way aMCI diagnoses are determined and make it easier to catch the condition in its early stages.
