May 8, 2025
May 8, 2025 —
A UC San Diego engineering alumnus reflects on how a chance curiosity about a can of compressed air, along with support across campus, fueled an innovation in battery technology.
May 7, 2025
May 7, 2025 —
Brain researchers have identified a bridge between the thalamus and the cortex as the key area that is modified during motor learning functions. They found that such learning does much more than adjust activity levels, it sculpts the circuit’s wiring, refining the conversation between brain regions.
May 7, 2025
May 7, 2025 —
The virus that causes COVID-19 arrived in Wuhan, China from its place of origin too quickly for its horseshoe bat hosts to have carried it there — a dispersal pattern consistent with that of the virus that caused the 2002 SARS pandemic, according to a new study.
May 6, 2025
May 6, 2025 —
In recognition of her work on COP28, UC San Diego alumna Soraya Gargash ’22 was presented with the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) highest award in civil service, by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president of the UAE. Photo courtesy of Soraya Gargash.
May 6, 2025
May 6, 2025 —
The DPP is a free one-year lifestyle change program that is proven to cut the risk of type 2 diabetes in half, showing promising results to participants across varying backgrounds and challenges.
May 6, 2025
May 6, 2025 —
UC San Diego’s 2025 Strategic Convene and Influence Awards highlight seven groundbreaking initiatives aimed at fostering investigator-led collaborations that advance interdisciplinary thought leadership.
May 6, 2025
May 6, 2025 —
Algae are the new delivery drivers: they are tiny enough to float in inhalable liquid particles and travel deep inside the lungs of mice where they drop off drugs to fight pneumonia.
May 6, 2025
May 6, 2025 —
Researchers from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and UCLA announced the creation of an engineered bacterium that has the ability to convert the toxic form of mercury present in seafood — methylmercury — into less toxic forms that are more easily removed from the human body.
May 6, 2025
May 6, 2025 —
The University of California San Diego Library’s Signature Event Series, now in its fifth year, continues with a special evening featuring two distinguished alumni authors: Sarina Dahlan ’98 and S.B. Divya MEng ’00. The event will explore the power of speculative fiction to address contemporary...
May 5, 2025
May 5, 2025 —
The UC Board of Regents has named James B. Milliken the next president of the University of California system. Currently serving as chancellor of the University of Texas system, Milliken is a longtime advocate for student access and affordability. He will begin his new role on August 1, 2025
