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UC San Diego Professor Wins Top Information Theory Award

August 1, 2012

Using powerful mathematical techniques from information theory, linear systems theory, convex optimization, and functional analysis, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California, San Diego resolved a 40-year-old open problem in the field of communication.

Researchers Identify Link between Kidney Removal and Erectile Dysfunction

July 30, 2012

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a link between patients who undergo total nephrectomy - complete kidney removal - and erectile dysfunction. Results from the multi-center study were recently published online in the British Journal of Urology International.

Scripps and SoCalGas System to Use Algae to Capture Carbon Dioxide

July 30, 2012

Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego (Scripps) and Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) have entered into an agreement focusing on the design of an innovative system in which algae consume carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from natural gas combustion and cost-effectively convert it into valuable byproducts such as biomethane, biodiesel and animal feed.

Tumor Cells’ Inner Workings Predict Cancer Progression

July 27, 2012

Using a new assay method to study tumor cells, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center have found evidence of clonal evolution in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). The assay method distinguishes features of leukemia cells that indicate whether the disease will be aggressive or slow-moving, a key factor in when and how patients are treated.

Study Shows Pre-hospital Electrocardiography (ECG) for Chest Pain Patients Leads to Faster Transport

July 26, 2012

A study conducted by researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine along with colleagues from Rural/Metro Ambulance San Diego and the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department, shows that emergency medical personnel can obtain an electrocardiogram (ECG) in the field for chest pain patients without an increase in scene time or transport time to the hospital.

Nobel Laureate to be Honored at 19th Annual Luau and Longboard Invitational August 19

July 26, 2012

For Nobel laureate Roger Tsien, the drive to help find a cure for cancer stems from personal experience. His father battled prostate cancer and ultimately lost his life to pancreatic cancer. As a professor of pharmacology, chemistry and biochemistry at UC San Diego and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, he has worked to develop a novel way to image and possibly even deliver specially targeted drugs to cancer tumors.

Scripps Graduate Students Discover Methane Seep Ecosystem off San Diego

July 26, 2012

During a recent oceanographic expedition off San Diego, graduate student researchers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego discovered convincing evidence of a deep-sea site where methane is likely seeping out of the seafloor, the first such finding off San Diego County.

Sally Ride, First American Woman in Space and Former California Space Institute Director, Dies at 61

July 24, 2012

Sally Ride, professor emeritus of physics at the University of California, San Diego and former director of the University of California’s California Space Institute, died July 23 of pancreatic cancer. She was 61.

UC San Diego Researcher Receives $2.5 million Award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse

July 24, 2012

Dr. Davey Smith, associate professor of medicine at the UC San Diego School of Medicine and the VA San Diego Health System is one of three recipients of the 2012 Avant-Garde Award for HIV/AIDS research.

UC San Diego Health System Among “Most Wired” in Nation

July 23, 2012

University of California, San Diego Health System’s hospitals and facilities are among "Health Care’s Most Wired," according to the 14th annual survey conducted by Hospitals & Health Networks magazine.
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