May 19, 2022
…a leg in a day, and right away, you have a leg to walk on. It’s amazing.” LIMBER’s methods will also make prostheses much more affordable–costs currently can run upwards of $20,000, Zambrano said. “It’s going to be wonderful to have prosthetics that are affordable for everyone,” she added. The…
April 9, 2020
…the gold standard for matching travel and health records, permitting laser-like focus on the most likely cases." On the evening of Dec. 31, 2019, Taiwan decided to begin health inspections for all passengers arriving on flights from Wuhan, in spite of reassurances from both Chinese and World Health Organization authorities.…
March 19, 2015
…last week for a two-day symposium on developing ways to dramatically improve the world’s production of food and renewable fuels. “That’s far more important in my opinion than designing new apps.” What’s the Green Revolution 2.0? From the 1940s and continuing throughout the 1960s, agricultural scientists saved more than a…
July 14, 2022
…professional school scholarships were matched 1:2 by the chancellor. At the close of the challenge, a total of $21 million was raised in gifts and matching funds. Jerri-Ann and Gary E. Jacobs ’79, pledged a total of $2 million to student support as part of the challenge, including adding $1…
March 4, 2021
…into the neighborhood, the matching portion of the grant has been met. Social Sciences’ Public Engagement Building features open spaces—“spaces intentionally designed for flow and interaction, for hands-on learning and collaboration,” said Dean Carol Padden—where social scientists will continue to do the science of society, working on pressing social issues…
March 1, 2018
…first-generation paths—from their first days as undergraduates, to persevering in graduate school, to landing their first jobs—one thing was clear: it’s rarely a straight path from college to career. More often, there are unexpected opportunities, mentors, setbacks and an ongoing process of personal discovery that shapes the journey. Marquez followed…
May 17, 2018
…or bipolar disorder. They matched each of these participants to individuals who did not have a mental health disorder, but did have other major factors in common, such as country, age, sex and body mass index. The team found that people with a mental disorder had more in common with…
November 7, 2019
…Wildfires UC San Diego matches increased fire danger with improved monitoring capability As if to keep up with the growing frequency and intensity of wildfires throughout California, a network of wildfire-spotting cameras grew from 35 stations last year to more than 300 as of late October. The ALERTWildfire system co-developed…
May 19, 2016
…currently raising funds to match a challenge grant from the Legler Benbough Foundation. Eight UC San Diego research teams have won BRAIN Initiative grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. The awards were made to fund research projects that the two federal science agencies expect…
