Marine scientists have launched the first large-scale effort to genetically catalog coastal biodiversity in California. Researchers at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography are co-leading the project's San Diego field campaign, which runs through July 4, 2026.
New research from UC San Diego suggests that an existing drug, previously shelved in other contexts, could help control cholesterol.
Peter Lonsdale, a professor and researcher of marine geology who contributed to foundational developments in understanding of deep-sea geology, died May 10, 2026, at the age of 78. His career spanned more than five decades.
Future in Review brings together scientists, entrepreneurs and policymakers at UC San Diego's Qualcomm Institute to wrestle with what comes after AI.
New grants to UC San Diego researchers will help them explain why women are more likely to get Alzheimer's disease and develop new risk-prediction tools for clinicians.
Scientists have discovered that the southern Andes Mountains don’t rise slowly and steadily as previously thought. Instead, the range builds itself in short, powerful “pulses” every few million years.
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