Copperizing the Complexity of Superconductivity
January 26, 2021
New study suggests that how electrons interact in solids may be key to understanding the emerging phases of quantum materials.
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Fresh Sea Spray Turns ‘Sour’ after Being Airborne
January 8, 2021
UC San Diego chemistry researchers find that the smallest fresh sea spray particles become 100,000 times more acidic than the ocean within two minutes.
Diamonds May Be Award-Winning Physicist’s Best Friend
December 2, 2020
Physicist Chunhui Du was selected to receive the U.S. Air Force's Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) Award for her nanoscale quantum sensing technique using diamonds to study novel and unconventional superconductor materials.
UC San Diego Leads Research that Earns Gordon Bell Special Prize
November 19, 2020
Computational Chemist Rommie Amaro, members of her lab win one of the most coveted awards in supercomputing for research related to COVID-19
Tibetan Snow, Ice Pack New Insights into Environmental, Climatic Change
October 28, 2020
Research findings by UC San Diego’s Mark Thiemens and former Chancellor’s Dissertation Medalist Mang Lin narrow down the complex nitrogen cycles at work in the atmosphere, cryosphere, hydrosphere, and, potentially, the biosphere.
Making Heads or Tails Out of Phospholipid Synthesis
October 12, 2020
UC San Diego chemical biology researchers achieve the first, efficient, enzyme-free, watery creation of natural phospholipids, opening new routes for lipid synthesis in artificial cells and providing insights for sustainable chemistry.
Nobel Laureate, Pioneer in Atmospheric Chemistry Mario Molina Dies
October 9, 2020
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awardee and Distinguished Professor Mario Molina will be remembered for dedicating his life to research and working to protect our environment.
Ambitious Project to Understand Cellular Evolution Underway
October 6, 2020
Project focuses on lipids (fat molecules) as the starting point to understand the evolution of eukaryotic cells, carrying implications for human health and disease
Astronomers Take a Closer Look at the Centers of Galaxies
September 29, 2020
Researchers affiliated with the UC San Diego Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences show that high-density and continuous matter feed a galaxy’s black hole to keep the AGN active and bright
Sleuthing Their Way to Discovery with a New Microscope
September 9, 2020
Chemists Wei Xiong and Haoyuan Wang hunt down tiny molecules that aren’t easy to see, which is why they developed an instrument that magnifies the molecular clarity of hydrogen-bond interactions to boost biometrics.
