November 4, 2025
November 4, 2025 —
The grantmaking organization Open Philanthropy has awarded funding for a UC San Diego technology designed to stop the spread of malaria. The $500,000 grant will support the development of a new gene-editing system that blocks mosquitoes from spreading parasites that cause malaria.
November 4, 2025
November 4, 2025 —
Molecules — the unseen architects that form everything from the DNA in your cells to the planets in distant galaxies, crafting the very fabric of reality while remaining too small for the human eye to glimpse. But thanks to the Protein Data Bank we can now “see” these hidden wonders.
November 4, 2025
November 4, 2025 —
A five-year collaborative study, funded by a $12 million NIH grant, aims to improve public health by identifying barriers and improving care for people affected by drug use, tackling HIV, hepatitis C and overdose through evaluation of prevention programs in New England.
November 4, 2025
November 4, 2025 —
Hot off the record-breaking basketball successes of last season and with Homecoming this weekend, Nov. 7-9, we have a sneak peek at what’s next for DI sports at UC San Diego — especially basketball.
November 3, 2025
November 3, 2025 —
China has just unveiled a new set of climate targets that will shape the pace of global decarbonization for years to come. To help make sense of what’s at stake, UC San Diego’s Michael Davidson explains what these new goals mean.
November 3, 2025
November 3, 2025 —
A new University of California San Diego study uncovers a hidden driver of global crop vulnerability: the origin of rainfall itself. Published in Nature Sustainability, the research traces atmospheric moisture back to its source.
November 3, 2025
November 3, 2025 —
How much do undergraduate computer science students trust chatbots powered by large language models like GitHub CoPilot and ChatGPT? And how should computer science educators modify their teaching based on these levels of trust?
November 3, 2025
November 3, 2025 —
Scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography have described a new way to produce large amounts of xanthommatin, a natural pigment used in animal camouflage, in a bacterium for the first time. This breakthrough unlocks a promising pathway for designing nature-inspired materials.
October 31, 2025
October 31, 2025 —
Andrea Sawaya is the first student from the California Medicine Scholars Program (CMSP) to matriculate to medical school. A state-funded initiative established in 2021, CMSP creates clear pathways for California community college students to apply to and attend medical school.
October 30, 2025
October 30, 2025 —
Researchers have captured unprecedented images of the mechanisms that allow mosquitoes, the world’s deadliest animal, to target our blood. The scientists used advanced imaging technology to assemble detailed visualizations of the neurons within hairs that mosquitoes use to detect us as blood hosts.
