Increased defense spending in San Diego created nearly 20,000 new jobs in the region for the 2024 fiscal year, according to a new report from the UC San Diego Rady School of Management.
People experiencing homelessness are significantly more susceptible to the health impacts of wildfire smoke compared to those with homes, according to a new study from researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Professor Terry Sejnowski helped pioneer a foundation that set the stage for the current surge of AI advancements. In this interview he discusses the path of brain research that led to today’s AI revolution, how systems such as ChatGPT are evolving and the future of AI.
New research from UC San Diego proves that wireless, battery-free sensing is possible at low costs without any specialized equipment.
Science can be difficult to explain to the public. Explaining a theoretical science concept to high school students requires a new way of thinking altogether, which is precisely what researchers at UC San Diego did when they orchestrated a dance with high school students at Orange Glen High School in Escondido as a way to explain topological insulators. The experiment was led by former graduate student Matthew Du and UC San Diego Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Joel Yuen-Zhou.
Fusion researchers at the University of California San Diego received $1.35 million from DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy. Known as a Creating Hardened And Durable fusion first Wall Incorporating Centralized Knowledge, or CHADWICK, award, the funds will allow researchers to open to teams outside of the university a facility that mimics the conditions occurring at the wall of a fusion reactor when it is running.
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