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SDSC Assists in Generating Clean Tech Breakthrough

Science & Environment

Using the Trestles supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, chemists at the University of South Florida (USF) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have discovered a more efficient, less expensive, and reusable material for carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and separation than is currently used to prevent the greenhouse gas from entering the atmosphere.

SDSC Assists in Generating Clean Tech Breakthrough

Extreme Star Formation Reveals a Fleeting Phase of Galactic Evolution

Science & Environment

Astronomers have spotted a galaxy that is igniting new stars faster than ever seen before. Measurements from several instruments show that gas in this galaxy is condensing to form stars close to the maximum rate thought possible.

Extreme Star Formation Reveals a Fleeting Phase of Galactic Evolution

Seahorse’s Armor Gives Engineers Insight Into Robotics Designs

Science & Environment

The tail of a seahorse can be compressed to about half its size before permanent damage occurs, engineers at the University of California, San Diego, have found.

Seahorse’s Armor Gives Engineers Insight Into Robotics Designs

UC San Diego Health System Receives National Achievement Award for Cancer Program

Health & Behavior

UC San Diego Health System is a recipient of the 2012 Outstanding Achievement Award from the American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer. Seventy-nine cancer care programs—three in California—received this national award based on excellence in providing quality care to cancer patients.

UC San Diego Health System Receives National Achievement Award for Cancer Program

New Plant Protein Discoveries Could Ease Global Food and Fuel Demands

Science & Environment

New discoveries of the way plants transport important substances across their biological membranes to resist toxic metals and pests, increase salt and drought tolerance, control water loss and store sugar can have profound implications for increasing the supply of food and energy for our rapidly growing global population. That’s the conclusion of 12 leading plant biologists from around the world whose laboratories recently discovered important properties of plant transport proteins that, collectively, could have a profound impact on global agriculture.

New Plant Protein Discoveries Could Ease Global Food and Fuel Demands

Bizarre Bone Worms Emit Acid to Feast on Whale Skeletons

Science & Environment

Only within the past 12 years have marine biologists come to learn about the eye-opening characteristics of mystifying sea worms that live and thrive on the bones of whale carcasses.