Engineering Alumna Becomes Newest NASA Astronaut
March 19, 2024
Deniz Burnham, who earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, became one of NASA’s newest astronauts on March 5.
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These Fridge-Free COVID-19 Vaccines Are Grown in Plants and Bacteria
September 7, 2021
Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed COVID-19 vaccine candidates that can take the heat. Their key ingredients? Viruses from plants or bacteria.
UC San Diego Team Explores Nervous System Workings Related to PTSD, Other Mental Health Disorders
July 5, 2022
A first-of-its-kind study published today in the journal “Brain Stimulation” measures changes in the human brain’s response to a perceived threat following non-invasive stimulation of the nervous system via the vagus nerve.
Researchers Rely on Comet to Showcase Color-Changing Materials
June 3, 2019
According to a release issued in April by Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), a serendipitous discovery by graduate student Dylan T. Christiansen has led to materials that quickly change color from completely clear to a range of vibrant hues – and back again.
We’re Not Alone – but the Universe May be Less Crowded than We Think
July 1, 2015
There may be far fewer galaxies further out in the Universe then might be expected, suggests a new study based on simulations conducted using the Blue Waters supercomputer at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, with resulting data transferred to SDSC Cloud at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at the…
UC San Diego Researchers Join $14.9 Million Fight Against Disease-transmitting Mosquitoes
July 19, 2017
DARPA has selected a team that includes UC San Diego scientists to study an innovative genetic research technique as a way to control disease-causing mosquitoes. The project, which will receive up to $14.9 million, will focus on a technique known as gene drive, which can spread desirable genes in wild…
Monitors and Meddlers
September 1, 2022
…viewed as capable and neutral. Meddlers, by definition, are not neutral, but their capabilities matter. We find that if you tell people that a country was poking around in an election but it didn’t have an effect, that doesn’t undermine their trust. It’s only when they think that the meddling…
Unprecedented Case Series Advances Promise of Phage Therapy
June 9, 2022
An international team of researchers, led by scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the University of Pittsburgh, report promising results from the largest case series yet of patients treated with bacteriophage therapy for antibiotic-resistant infections.
Pictures Move People More than Words
January 29, 2018
We’ve all heard that a picture is worth a thousand words. Is that true though? While new research from psychology professor Piotr Winkielman makes no claims on quantifying just how many words a picture is really worth, it shows that a single picture has the power to sway people –…
Design of World’s First Hydrogen-Hybrid Research Vessel Approved
June 25, 2024
The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) approved the preliminary design of a first-of-its-kind hydrogen-hybrid research vessel that will join the fleet at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography when completed.
