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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.

The Many FACES of Lipid Research

Scientists have long wanted to get a closer look at the movement of lipids around a cell, but it’s tough to visualize with traditional light microscopy. UC San Diego researchers have unveiled a new technology with the power to see cells in unprecedented detail.

Advancing Quantum Photonic Technologies

UC San Diego researchers show that light-matter hybrids, known as polaritons, not only behave optically, but also quantumly.

Inside UC San Diego’s Out-of-This-World Impact

Explore 13 ways our research is extending past Earth’s atmosphere, from astronaut firsts to breakthroughs in orbit and discoveries across the cosmos.

UC San Diego Alumnus Wins Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to UC San Diego alumnus Fred Ramsdell, a 1983 bachelor’s degree graduate in biochemistry and cell biology. He is being honored for transformative research on the immune system that has led to possible new treatments for a range of diseases.

Detection of Phosphine in a Brown Dwarf Atmosphere Raises More Questions

Phosphine has been found in the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn, and has been recognized as a possible biosignature for anaerobic life. Now a team of researchers, led by UC San Diego, has reported the detection of phosphine in the atmosphere of a cool, ancient brown dwarf Wolf 1130C.