March 16, 2020
March 16, 2020 —
Research and Development (R&D) has long been key in the U.S.’s economic prospects and according to new research from the University of California San Diego, the country’s ability to maintain its competitive edge in this area largely depends on managers in R&D being less averse to risk.
March 13, 2020
March 13, 2020 —
UC San Diego researchers discover the enzyme SPRK1’s role in reorganizing the paternal genome during the first moments of fertilization — a finding that might help explain infertility cases of unknown cause.
March 13, 2020
March 13, 2020 —
UC San Diego nanoengineers offer a research roadmap describing four challenges that need to be addressed in order to advance a promising class of batteries, all-solid-state batteries, to commercialization. The researchers describe their work to tackle these challenges over the past three years.
March 12, 2020
March 12, 2020 —
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have discovered differences in brain circuitry that contribute to starvation and weight loss in people with anorexia nervosa.
March 12, 2020
March 12, 2020 —
UC San Diego nanoengineers developed a safety feature that prevents lithium metal batteries from rapidly overheating and catching fire in case of an internal short circuit. The clever tweak does not prevent battery failure, but rather provides advance warning of failure and makes it much safer.
March 12, 2020
March 12, 2020 —
At a time when cross-border relations are tense politically and socially, UC San Diego is expanding collaborations with partners south of the border, including a lively education exchange program coordinated with former President of Mexico Vicente Fox.
March 12, 2020
March 12, 2020 —
For the second consecutive season, the Tritons won both the men's and women's California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Tournament title, earning them automatic bids to their respective NCAA tournaments.
March 12, 2020
March 12, 2020 —
A few years ago, a photo went viral of a Ghanaian schoolteacher who drew detailed computer screens and software systems on his blackboard every morning so that his students—who didn’t have access to computers—could have a shot at passing the computer literacy portion of their exams. Now, a team of UC San Diego students has partnered with a school in Ghana that faces a similar challenge, and created a more effective and scalable solution.
March 12, 2020
March 12, 2020 —
Today, Latino students are among the fastest growing population in California. To advance its goal of inclusive excellence, UC San Diego launched the Latinx/Chicanx Academic Excellence Initiative in 2018. The campuswide program, led by the Office for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, unifies and expands services dedicated to attracting and supporting a diverse faculty, staff and student community.
March 12, 2020
March 12, 2020 —
“Everyone comes to UC San Diego with a different set of stories. And everyone can benefit when we can create more space for those stories, and value each other’s lived experiences,” says Blanca Melendrez, executive director at UC San Diego’s Center for Community Health.
