August 15, 2023
The Floating Instrument Platform (FLIP) was one of the most innovative oceanographic research tools ever invented, but on Aug. 3, FLIP’s distinguished career finished its final chapter when it was towed to a dismantling and recycling facility, the costs to renovate it deemed too expensive.
March 11, 2024
UC San Diego Health provides the most advanced neurological cancer care by combining leading-edge surgical techniques and the latest technology.
February 23, 2017
…Rios Piter, head of “Operacion Monarca” that seeks to strengthen alliances between citizens, politicians and social actors in the U.S. and Mexico, recently introduced a bill in Mexico that would direct the purchase of the country’s corn supply from the U.S. to Brazil and Argentina instead. He will speak at…
October 14, 2021
…Director Mary Beebe and Operations Manager Mathieu Gregoire—both of whom are retiring from their roles this year. Along with Assistant Director Jane Zwerneman, Beebe and Gregoire have grown and maintained the collection since it began in 1981. They share behind-the-scenes stories, how artists take the lead in making their ideas…
July 24, 2014
Throughout Hari Garudadri’s career, three things have remained constant: A fascination with signal processing, a love for work with a humanitarian focus and (fittingly) the number three.
July 16, 2018
Researchers led by a University of California San Diego team have published work in the journal Nature Energy that explains what’s causing the performance-reducing “voltage fade” that currently plagues a promising class of cathode materials called Lithium-rich NMC (nickel magnesium cobalt) layered oxides.
March 13, 2020
UC San Diego nanoengineers offer a research roadmap describing four challenges that need to be addressed in order to advance a promising class of batteries, all-solid-state batteries, to commercialization. The researchers describe their work to tackle these challenges over the past three years.
November 1, 2011
…battlefield aviation at Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) safer, especially in drought-stricken regions of Iraq and Afghanistan prone to dust storms. Requiring no tools, the rapidly deployable XMET can be set up by two Marines in as little as two minutes. The system can self-orient and includes an optical sensor to…
November 1, 2011
…of Medicine who has operated on children in more than 15 countries. “This system-less environment is a rapidly growing global public health problem that can be managed in a cost-effective manner with existing knowledge, technology and human resources.” More than 75 experts from the world’s top hospitals and health organizations…
April 17, 2012
…chemical measurements. They can operate as seafloor factories, filtering water for microbes, or incubating bacterial cultures. DOVs also act as valuable testing platforms to qualify new technologies and investigate new scientific questions, carrying assorted payloads—including cameras and data loggers—quickly, inexpensively, and reliably to any place within the ocean’s great volume.…
