January 9, 2020
January 9, 2020 —
A new method could enable researchers to build more efficient, longer lasting perovskite solar cells and LEDs. By growing thin perovskite films on different substrates, UC San Diego engineers invented a way of fabricating perovskite single crystals with precisely deformed, or strained, structures.
January 8, 2020
January 8, 2020 —
Researchers will develop an employment-training program to tap into the talent and potential of autistic adults for technology work.
January 7, 2020
January 7, 2020 —
The Qualcomm Institute's gallery@calit2 will launch its winter exhibit on January 14 with the first of three live events centered on culture, technology and the environment.
January 7, 2020
January 7, 2020 —
The Rady School of Management at the University of California San Diego has launched a FlexWeekend Master of Science in Business Analytics (FlexWeekend MSBA) degree program.
January 7, 2020
January 7, 2020 —
UC San Diego researchers studied nearly 900 vertebrate species and found that bats have unusual gut microbiomes that more closely resemble those of birds than other mammals, raising questions about how evolutionary pressures change the gut microbiome.
January 6, 2020
January 6, 2020 —
San Diego Zoo Safari Park and UC San Diego Health experts performed cataract surgery to restore a 3-year-old gorilla’s eyesight.
January 6, 2020
January 6, 2020 —
A new study from researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego has documented a successful recovery effort among Nassau Grouper populations in the Cayman Islands.
January 6, 2020
January 6, 2020 —
The decommissioning of coal-fired power plants in the continental United States has reduced nearby pollution and its negative impacts on human health and crop yields, according to a new University of California San Diego study.
January 3, 2020
January 3, 2020 —
UC San Diego’s Seth Cohen and his research team, including colleagues at Germany’s Ruhr University Bochum led by Nils Metzler-Nolte, used a new type of metal-based molecular building block to serve as the basis for developing new therapeutic drugs. Their work is published in Chemical Science.
December 30, 2019
December 30, 2019 —
Researchers report that accumulating amyloid protein occurred faster among persons deemed to have "objectively-defined subtle cognitive difficulties" (Obj-SCD) than among persons considered to be "cognitively normal," offering a potential new early biomarker for Alzheimer's disease.