November 17, 2022
UC San Diego Professors of Chemistry Wei Xiong and Joel Yuen Zhou show unambiguously that chemical reactions only occur with polaritons not dark modes.
July 4, 2022
Researchers developed lithium-ion batteries that perform well at freezing cold and scorching hot temperatures, while packing a lot of energy. This could help electric cars travel farther on a single charge in the cold and reduce the need for cooling systems for the cars’ batteries in hot climates.
April 1, 2012
…of Pharmacology, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Chemistry and Biochemistry Award - Foreign Members of the Royal Society Fellow Karl Y. Hostetler Professor of Medicine Award - Gertrude Elion Memorial Lecture Award by the International Society for Antiviral Research Herbert Levine Professor of Physics Award - American Academy of Arts and…
February 19, 2014
…expands the types of multi-scale QM/MM (mixed quantum and molecular mechanical) simulations of complex chemical systems that scientists can use to design new drugs, better chemicals, or improved enzymes for biofuels production.
November 6, 2017
…distinguished chair of physical chemistry in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has added to that reputation as a new recipient of the 2018 Award for Incorporation of Sustainability into Chemistry Education. Sponsored by the American Chemical Society’s Committee on Environmental Improvement, the award recognizes Grassian’s leadership in articulating the…
April 25, 2012
Jack E. Dixon, PhD, Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and professor of pharmacology, cellular and molecular medicine, chemistry and biochemistry at the University of California, San Diego has been named a foreign member of the Royal Society.
October 6, 2020
Project focuses on lipids (fat molecules) as the starting point to understand the evolution of eukaryotic cells, carrying implications for human health and disease
March 27, 2012
A graduate student working in the Walker Molecular Dynamics laboratory at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego is a recipient of the 2012-2013 NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program award for his innovative molecular dynamics research using GPU (graphics processing unit) computing.
November 14, 2016
By sampling the molecules on cell phones, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences were able to construct lifestyle sketches for each phone’s owner, including diet, preferred hygiene products, health status and locations visited. This proof-of-concept study could have…
August 9, 2016
…on the successful rollout of Global Natural Products Social Molecular Networking (GNPS) that lets scientists share mass spectrometry data worldwide to speed the search for potentially valuable molecules in natural products.
