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Student Club Takes the Leap into Quantum Computing
“I’m drawn to that sense of exploration where I’m standing at the frontier of a technology that’s still being defined," says Rebecca Breihan, president of the Quantum Computing Student Association at UC San Diego of her involvement in the club.
UC San Diego and UC System Rank Among World’s Top Institutions for Most Influential Researchers
UC San Diego has once again been recognized among the top institutions in the world on the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list compiled by Clarivate. UC San Diego tied for 18th in the world this year with UCLA. Both schools have 50 recognitions on the Highly Cited Researchers listing.
Second Cohort of UC San Diego’s 2025 Convene and Influence Awardees Announced
Six new faculty-led teams have been selected as UC San Diego’s Fall 2025 Convene and Influence Awardees. The most recent awardees were announced recently in a meeting with Spring 2025 awardees who discussed how their projects have progressed since May and what aspects have been strengthened and heig
How a Chorus of Synchronized Frequencies Helps You Digest Your Food
Synchronization abounds in nature and now researchers at UC San Diego have unlocked the mathematics that govern oscillators operating at similar frequencies in the intestine that lock onto each other in succession creating a staircase effect.
2025 Revelle Medal Recipients Announced
UC San Diego has announced the 2025 recipients of the prestigious Revelle Medal: Edward A. Dennis, David A. Lake, Maria Savoia, M.D., Nicholas C. Spitzer and Tony Yaksh.
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Study Finds Surprising Link Between Gut and Brain Rhythms
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