Advancing Quantum Photonic Technologies
UC San Diego researchers show that light-matter hybrids, known as polaritons, not only behave optically, but also quantumly.
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Ellen Browning Scripps Herbarium Collection Highlights the Intersection Between Art and Science
The Smith Seaweed Ecology Lab at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography is showcasing the scientific diversity and natural beauty of seaweeds through the new Ellen Browning Scripps Herbarium Collection.
Inside UC San Diego’s Out-of-This-World Impact
Explore 13 ways our research is extending past Earth’s atmosphere, from astronaut firsts to breakthroughs in orbit and discoveries across the cosmos.
UC San Diego Alumnus Wins Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to UC San Diego alumnus Fred Ramsdell, a 1983 bachelor’s degree graduate in biochemistry and cell biology. He is being honored for transformative research on the immune system that has led to possible new treatments for a range of diseases.
Detection of Phosphine in a Brown Dwarf Atmosphere Raises More Questions
Phosphine has been found in the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn, and has been recognized as a possible biosignature for anaerobic life. Now a team of researchers, led by UC San Diego, has reported the detection of phosphine in the atmosphere of a cool, ancient brown dwarf Wolf 1130C.
$1.2M Award from the Keck Foundation Supports Innovative Study of Heart Attacks
The Keck Foundation has awarded $1.2 million to Neurobiology’s Vineet Augustine to study heart attacks as events that combine systems. The research will focus on heart attacks as episodes that cut across neurological and immunological systems, driven by the interaction between the heart and brain.
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