A team of scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) has developed a new way to produce kainic acid, a natural seaweed neurochemical and powerful reagent used in brain research.
With support from the Heising-Simons Foundation, the Division of Physical Sciences at UC San Diego has established the Margaret Burbidge Visiting Professorship. It’s part of an effort to bring eminent female physicists to the university for collaborative research interactions.
VirBELAis a virtual reality company that connects remote workers from around the world in an online environment. Recently acquired by eXp World Holdings, the company was formed at the University of California San Diego as a partnership between Rady School of Management and the Experimental Game Lab.
An international team of scientists, including researchers from the University of California San Diego, report in the science journal Nature that they observed the decay of Xenon-124 atoms for the first time.
In the ongoing effort to decarbonize U.S. energy production, there is one energy source that often attracts great controversy. Nuclear power, for a number of reasons, including the association between radiation and cancer, the general public has long felt a significant dread about it.
Users of UC San Diego’s High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network (HPWREN)gathered in April for updates on current projects and plans for the internet-connected cyberinfrastructure of cameras and sensors that alert first-responders to wildfires in remote areas of greater San Diego.
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