Colleagues Honor Krstic with Birthday Book Tribute
Science & EnvironmentMiroslav Krstic, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and associate vice chancellor for research at UC San Diego, received an impressive gift on his 50th birthday.
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Data Structures Influence Speed of Quantum Search in Unexpected Ways
Science & EnvironmentUsing the quantum property of superposition, quantum computers will be able to find target items within large piles of data far faster than conventional computers ever could. But the speed of the search will likely depend on the structure of the data.
SDSC Researchers Win NVIDIA’s 2015 Global Impact Award
Science & EnvironmentResearchers at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, are the recipient of NVIDIA’s 2015 Global Impact Award for their collaborative work in developing an accelerated GPU (graphics processing unit) code to simulate earthquake physics necessary for safer building design.
Researchers Rethink How Our Feathered Friends Evolved
Science & EnvironmentA recently published global genome study that used the data-intensive Gordon supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer at the University of California, San Diego, has researchers rethinking how avian lineages diverged after the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Boosting A Natural Protection Against Alzheimer’s Disease
Health & BehaviorResearchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a gene variant that may be used to predict people most likely to respond to an investigational therapy under development for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The study, published March 12 in Cell Stem Cell, is based on experiments with cultured neurons derived from adult stem cells.
Connection Made on Facebook Leads to Lifesaving Organ Transplant
Health & BehaviorIn January 2015, the lives of more than 60 people changed forever when Paul and Susan Lebowitz made the decision to donate their son’s organs and body tissue to recipients across the United States.
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