September 28, 2017
A team of researchers has engineered smart protein molecules that can reprogram white blood cells to ignore a self-defense signaling mechanism that cancer cells use to survive and spread in the body. Researchers say the advance could lead to a new method of re-engineering immune cells to fight cancer and…
September 9, 2014
Meanwhile, health care is increasingly moving toward the use of biometric devices – gadgets embedded with wireless sensors – to unobtrusively monitor patients’ health data in real time, from blood pressure and insulin levels to number of steps walked per day.
February 28, 2024
According to new research from UC San Diego, sitting for long hours without breaks increases risk of death.
April 10, 2014
…representing nature utilizing emerging technologies,” she said. “This includes the creation of two highly detailed, computer-processed, 1:1 reproductions of the world’s two largest botanical blooms – Amorphophallus titanum and Rafflesia arnoldii – increasingly rare because both of them are endangered species.” Barnadas plans to be on hand when Amorphophallus blooms…
April 4, 2013
…advance the science and technologies needed to map and decipher brain activity. Sitting in the front row for the announcement were three University of California chancellors, including UC San Diego’s Pradeep K. Khosla. Chancellor Khosla was accompanied at the White House by Ralph Greenspan, associate director of the Kavli Institute…
April 14, 2016
…students to pursue science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines. Yet, in the U.S., according to humanitiesindicators.org, more than 60% of CEOs hold degrees in the arts or the humanities, while more than 90% of business executives seek job candidates who can think critically, communicate clearly and solve problems—key foundational…
November 15, 2011
…is the world’s largest society dedicated to understanding science, technology, medicine, and their interactions with society in historical context. The Davis Prize was presented to Oreskes and Conway at the History of Science Society’s annual meeting in Cleveland, Ohio.
May 1, 2024
The Design and Innovation Building is a modern 74,000-square-foot space that integrates rigorous education and industry collaboration across its four distinct floors, each uniquely designed and positioned to propel thinkers, dreamers and doers upward as they progress through each level.
September 15, 2024
They are arts activists and philosophers of language, scholars of avant-garde children’s literature and composers of experimental music. The School of Arts and Humanities welcomes 19 new faculty members for the 2024-25 academic year.
January 20, 2022
…conundrum may sound extremely technical and highly specific, Smarr heard a general need; and he saw an opportunity. In particular, Smarr realized that innovations coming out of a U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) funded research project he leads—the Pacific Research Platform (PRP)—could be leveraged to create better computing infrastructure for…
