May 9, 2019
May 9, 2019 —
Dr. Pradipta Ghosh, Soumita Das, Larry Smarr and Jürgen Schulze—researchers in diverse disciplines at the University of California San Diego—have been granted a total of $4.7 million from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to improve surgical outcomes and therapeutics for patients with Crohn’s disease.
May 9, 2019
May 9, 2019 —
In chess— the classic test of strategy and wit— players take turns making one move at a time, able to see what their opponents are doing and adjust plan accordingly.
May 9, 2019
May 9, 2019 —
When UC San Diego undergraduate student Enid Partika learned that more than 40 percent of U.S. food waste is thrown into landfills where it releases significant amounts of greenhouse gases, she decided something needed to be done.
May 8, 2019
May 8, 2019 —
Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego have found that low oxygen levels in seawater could blind some marine invertebrates.
May 8, 2019
May 8, 2019 —
In a new study of older adults living in a senior continuing care facility, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine parse how distinctive factors, such as wisdom, loneliness, income and sleep quality, impact the physical and mental functioning of older persons.
May 7, 2019
May 7, 2019 —
University of California and Princeton scientists have been collaborating on a computational astrophysics project to learn more about the recent discovery of a black hole which sits in the middle of a galaxy called Messier 87 (M87), approximately 55 million light years from Earth.
May 6, 2019
May 6, 2019 —
University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers report that men treated with medications for benign prostatic hyperplasia (enlarged prostate) experienced a two-year delay in diagnosis of their prostate cancer and were twice as likely to have advanced disease upon diagnosis.
May 2, 2019
May 2, 2019 —
The National Academy of Sciences announced that Susan Ackerman and Bill McGinnis have been elected to membership in the prestigious organization, one of the highest honors for U.S. scientists. Also elected this year is Jeremy Jackson, professor emeritus with Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
May 2, 2019
May 2, 2019 —
On September 15, 2018, UC San Diego introduced Kit Pogliano, a professor of molecular biology and a faculty member since 1996, as its fourth dean of Biological Sciences and the division’s first female leader.
May 2, 2019
May 2, 2019 —
The critically endangered northern white rhino might have more of a chance thanks to a partnership between the University of California San Diego and San Diego Zoo Global.
