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‘Our Energy Future’ Lecture Series to Engage Community with UC San Diego Energy Research

Science & Environment

Despite 50 years of recommendations from U.S. Presidents to end the nation’s reliance on foreign oil, energy policy in the United States remains focused on keeping the price of gasoline cheap today, rather than creating a plan for sustainable energy production. This political stagnation is becoming all the more consequential as our energy use and production continue to detrimentally affect our economy, food supplies, national security and climate.

‘Our Energy Future’ Lecture Series to Engage Community with UC San Diego Energy Research

Improving Lithium-Ion Batteries with Nanoscale Research

Science & Environment

New research led by an electrical engineer at the University of California, San Diego is aimed at improving lithium-ion batteries through possible new electrode architectures with precise nano-scale designs. The researchers created nanowires that block diffusion of lithium (Li) across their silicon surface and promote layer-by-layer axial lithiation of the nanowire’s germanium core.

Improving Lithium-Ion Batteries with Nanoscale Research

Lactation May Be Linked to Aggressive Cancer in Mexican Women

Health & Behavior

A study led by the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and recently published online by Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, indicates that women of Mexican descent may not fit that profile. In fact, results suggest that women of Mexican descent with more children and those who breastfeed are more likely to be diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer.

Lactation May Be Linked to Aggressive Cancer in Mexican Women

Is Massive Open Online Research the Next Frontier for Education?

Science & Environment

A team from UC San Diego is launching a new course on the Coursera online learning network that breaks ground on several fronts.

Is Massive Open Online Research the Next Frontier for Education?

UC Medical Campus Consortium Named Designated Center to Translate Innovations into Improved Health

Health & Behavior

A consortium of the five University of California medical campuses at UC San Diego, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UCLA and UC San Francisco has been designated a Center for Accelerated Innovations by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI). The designation recognizes the University of California’s potential to translate its leading-edge discoveries into innovative products that benefit patients.

UC Medical Campus Consortium Named Designated Center to Translate Innovations into Improved Health

Wildlife Extinction Rates Skyrocket After Forest Disturbance

Science & Environment

Species living in rain forest fragments could be far more likely to disappear than previously assumed, according to an international team of scientists that included biologists at the University of California, San Diego.