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SDSC’s ‘Comet’ Supercomputer Helps Confirm Gravitational Wave Discovery

Science & Environment

This month’s announcement by the National Science Foundation that scientists for the first time detected gravitational waves in the universe as hypothesized by Albert Einstein 100 years ago has opened up a new era of exploration for astronomers and astrophysicists. The NSF-funded Comet supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, which went into operation in May 2015, was one of several high-performance computers used by researchers to help confirm that landmark discovery before a formal announcement was made.

SDSC’s ‘Comet’ Supercomputer Helps Confirm Gravitational Wave Discovery

Prominent Astrophysicist Michel Mayor to Speak at UC San Diego March 16

Politics & Society

World-renowned astrophysicist Michel Mayor, Ph.D., will speak at the University of California, San Diego on March 16 at 3:30 p.m., as part of the annual Kyoto Prize Symposium.

Prominent Astrophysicist Michel Mayor to Speak at UC San Diego March 16

CAR Trials Drive Leukemia and Lymphoma Treatment in New Direction

Health & Behavior

Cancer immunology is based upon boosting the body’s own immune system to vanquish malignancies. It is among the fastest growing areas of oncology research. Researchers at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center have launched three clinical trials to test the safety and efficacy of a novel cellular-immunotherapy that uses modified T cells – one of the immune system’s primary weapons – to treat three different types of blood cancer that often defy existing therapies.

CAR Trials Drive Leukemia and Lymphoma Treatment in New Direction

Two UC San Diego Faculty Receive Prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships

Business & Economics

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has selected two UC San Diego faculty for Sloan Research Fellowships in 2016. This year’s recipients at UC San Diego are Charles Sprenger, associate professor of economics and strategy, Rady School of Management and the Department of Economics, and Julio Barreiro, assistant professor of physics, Department of Physics.

Two UC San Diego Faculty Receive Prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships

Longer, Intense Rehabilitation Boosts Recovery after Brain Injury

Health & Behavior

Cognitive and functional recovery after a stroke or traumatic injury requires intense rehabilitative therapy to help the brain repair and restructure itself. New findings by researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that not only is rehabilitation vital but that a longer, even more intense period of rehabilitation may produce even greater benefit.

Longer, Intense Rehabilitation Boosts Recovery after Brain Injury

New Research Reveals Sound of Deep-Water Animal Migration

Science & Environment

New research finds there is a distinct sound coming from a massive community of fish, shrimp, jellies, and squid as they travel up and down from the depths of the ocean to the water’s surface to feed. This sound could be serving as a “dinner bell” for these deep-water organisms that play a key role in ocean food webs and the global carbon cycle, and could help scientists better understand this mysterious ecosystem, according to new research presented this week at the 2016 Ocean Science Meeting in New Orleans.