December 7, 2022
UC San Diego scientists have identified a long-sought carbon dioxide sensor in plants, a discovery that holds implications for trees, crops and wildfires. The researchers found that two proteins work together to form the sensor, which is key for water evaporation, photosynthesis and plant growth.
October 22, 2015
…key resource within the NSF’s XSEDE (eXtreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment) program, which comprises the most advanced collection of integrated digital resources and services in the world for use by U.S.-based academic researchers. “The launch of Comet marks yet another stage in SDSC’s leadership in the national cyberinfrastructure ecosystem,”…
September 9, 2013
…the National Science Foundation (NSF), devotes a portion of its funds to the creation of scientists who will investigate the many roles aerosols play in nature and society. The effect of aerosols on the environment is something scientists and the general public have only begun to appreciate in recent years.…
March 9, 2023
For the first time, a team of researchers with the National Science Foundation-funded project Subglacial Antarctic Lakes Scientific Access (SALSA) has successfully extracted layered sediments from beneath the modern Antarctic ice sheet.
September 28, 2023
UC San Diego-powered startups, incubators and accelerator programs took center stage during the second annual Innovation Day at Petco Park, highlighting the university’s world-class, dynamic innovation ecosystem.
April 16, 2024
The University of California San Diego was awarded $7.35 million in funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health for a multidisciplinary program to advance understanding of marine contaminants and nutrients.
July 15, 2013
The University of California, San Diego has named professor Albert P. (Al) Pisano, a highly accomplished mechanical engineer from UC Berkeley, as the next dean of the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering.
February 20, 2019
New research reveals that foreign honey bees often account for more than 90 percent of pollinators observed visiting flowers in San Diego, a global biodiversity hotspot. The monopoly may strongly affect species that are foundational to the stability of the region’s plant-pollinator interactions.
May 22, 2014
…the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support their studies. Brown and Seale were among eight undergraduates who participated in the first cohort of the UC San Diego Howard Partnership for Graduate Student Success, a summer research experience designed to prepare students to pursue doctoral degrees, particularly in the fields of…
February 7, 2012
…Foundation. From 1978-80, he was special assistant to then NSF Director Richard C. Atkinson. In 1980, Darling moved to the University of California, San Diego. From 1993-1996, he was UC San Diego’s vice chancellor for development and university relations and president of the UC San Diego Foundation.
