Report Finds California Above National Average for Sexual Harassment Rates
May 23, 2019
A new study shows California sexual harassment rates above national average.
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Live Performance Brings Music of the Sea to UC San Diego’s Qualcomm Institute
May 23, 2019
Pulitzer Prize-nominated composer and UC San Diego music professor Lei Liang had worked with poets, painters and dancers, but never with beluga whales before he came to the university’s Qualcomm Institute as its Research Artist in Residence.
Power Prof
May 23, 2019
When New York and the Northeastern United States experienced a massive power blackout in August 2003, Nicholas Abi-Samra became the lead investigator trying to determine the disaster’s cause. He was then a senior technical director at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), the not-for-profit think tank for the power industry.
Passion Projects
May 23, 2019
Will Tanaka, a sophomore at UC San Diego, is growing mushrooms from food waste. He first discovered what is called “environmental farming” from a pair of UC Berkeley graduates who founded a startup for sustainable planters that allow people to grow mushrooms, herbs and more right on their windows.
Researchers Locate Source of Banned Chemical Emissions
May 23, 2019
A research group at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego is part of an international team of scientists that has located the geographic origin of emissions of a chemical banned by the Montreal Protocol.
Neither Myth Nor Legend, Seadragon Mysteries Are Still to be Solved
May 23, 2019
The opening of Seahorses & Seadragons, the newest exhibition at Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography celebrates more than a family friendly attraction; it also marks the opening of a state-of-the-art research laboratory for scientists and husbandry teams to gain a better understanding of some very unusual fish.
Alumni Awards to Honor Exceptional Tritons
May 23, 2019
UC San Diego has a history of disrupting the status quo, of looking deeper—beyond the surface. That's the Triton spirit. The 2019 Alumni Awards Celebration will mark the 41st year the university will recognize distinguished alumni who, through their distinguished work and outstanding achievements, have brought honor to the university.
Hypertension Found in Children Exposed to Flower Pesticides
May 22, 2019
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine found higher blood pressure and pesticide exposures in children associated with a heightened pesticide spraying period around the Mother’s Day flower harvest. This study involved boys and girls living near flower crops in Ecuador.
Data Science Helps Engineers Discover New Materials for Solar Cells and LEDs
May 22, 2019
UC San Diego engineers have developed a high-throughput computational method to design new materials for next generation solar cells and LEDs. Their approach generated 13 new material candidates for solar cells and 23 new candidates for LEDs.
Early Life Exposure to Nicotine Alters Neurons, Predisposes Brain to Addiction Later in Life
May 21, 2019
Neonatal exposure to nicotine alters the reward circuity in the brains of newborn mice, increasing their preference for the drug in later adulthood, report researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine in a published study.
