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Center to Study Impact of Atmospheric Particles from the Sea on Climate Awarded $20 Million by NSF

September 9, 2013

An innovative program of research and education addressing how interactions between air and sea influence the chemistry of the atmosphere will receive $20 million over the next five years from the National Science Foundation.

“Don’t Drink” Coasters Urge Local Pregnant Women to Avoid Alcohol

September 9, 2013

San Diegans will be reminded of the dangers of mixing alcohol and pregnancy thanks to a beverage coaster campaign led by the new Southern California chapter of the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, in partnership with University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.

Chancellor to Celebrate Agreement with French Research Agency for Joint Chemistry Center

September 9, 2013

Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla and President Alain Fuchs of the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), the largest governmental research agency in Europe, will meet today to celebrate an agreement to create an international chemical research center on the UC San Diego campus that will aid in the development of new kinds of chemical catalysts for both industry and academe.

UC San Diego Set to Announce $20 Million for Atmospheric Research Program

September 9, 2013

Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla will today announce a five-year, $20 million award from the National Science Foundation to support an innovative program of research and education on how interactions between air and sea alter the chemistry of the atmosphere to influence climate.

CAICE Outreach Program Creates Next Generation of Environmental Scientists

September 9, 2013

There are many age-appropriate ways to introduce people to the idea that there are among us infinitesimal tiny particles wafting through the air at any given moment, influencing the environment around us.

Clean Energy Program Accelerates the Commercialization of University Technologies to the Market

September 6, 2013

The Southern California Clean Energy Technology Acceleration Program (SoCal TAP) selected four revolutionary research teams from the University of California, San Diego and University of Southern California to receive $180,000 each in commercialization awards as part of a program overseen by the von Liebig Entrepreneurism Center at UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering.

Center for Networked Systems: Finding the Silver Lining in a Sometimes Dark ‘Cloud’

September 6, 2013

On first appearances, it might seem as if researchers at the University of California, San Diego Center for Networked Systems are working at cross-purposes to one another.

Touch Goes Digital

September 5, 2013

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego report a breakthrough in technology that could pave the way for digital systems to record, store, edit and replay information in a dimension that goes beyond what we can see or hear: touch.

Biologists Uncover Details of How We Squelch Defective Neurons

September 4, 2013

Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have identified a new component of the cellular mechanism by which humans and animals automatically check the quality of their nerve cells to assure they’re working properly during development.

Summer of Science Engages K-12 Students

September 3, 2013

It’s not unusual for heated scientific debates to break out at the University of California, San Diego’s Qualcomm Institute. But nine-year-olds arguing about the history of aviation? That’s a little more unusual. The young students were visiting the Qualcomm Institute — the recently named UC San Diego division of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) — as part of a tour arranged for the Elementary Institute of Science (EIS).
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