Venus’ surface is pocked with round, crown-like features known as coronae. They can look like terraced hills pushed upwards by heat energy or collapsed souffles. Researchers led by Scripps Oceanography geophysicists provides an explanation for why the solar system's hottest planet looks as it does.
Scientists at General Atomics are leading a new multi-institution initiative to create a standardized, national data platform designed to accelerate development of commercial fusion power. The data platform will unite scattered research data and workflows into a single U.S. resource.
When a 10-story test building in San Diego shook and twisted this summer, it wasn’t because of a real earthquake — it was part of a federally funded experiment designed to make future buildings safer when the next big one strikes.
What happens when science meets art? This fall, UC San Diego Library presents The Art of Science: Five Years Through the Lens of Discovery, an exhibition marking the fifth anniversary of the Library’s annual Art of Science contest.
A new species survival commission for microbiology and microbes will serve as a global safeguard for microbial biodiversity and to pursue coordinated conservation action, filling a critical gap in microbial conservation.
Gulf War illness, a chronic, debilitating condition linked to military service in the 1990-1991 Gulf War, will receive a dedicated diagnostic code in the October 2025 release of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10-CM).
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