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How Sustainable Are Typical Electric Vehicle Batteries?

UC San Diego experts weigh in on each stage of a typical EV battery’s life cycle and share their thoughts on what the future might hold.

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UC San Diego Professor Wins 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry

“Tripas: Poems,” chronicles the voices of Brandon Som’s Chicana and Chinese grandmothers.

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Onboard Offshoot: Genomics at Sea Program

FjordPhyto scientist Christian Johnson, ’21, is collaborating with Viking Cruises to start the Genomics at Sea Program (GASP).

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UC San Diego Grad Student Project Evolves Into NASA-Funded Program

FjordPhyto, Allison Cusick’s capstone project for her master’s degree, trains tour vessel operators and “citizen scientists” to collect samples of phytoplankton in Antarctica.