Experts Come Together to Save 3-year-old Gorilla’s Eyesight at San Diego Zoo Safari Park
January 6, 2020
San Diego Zoo Safari Park and UC San Diego Health experts performed cataract surgery to restore a 3-year-old gorilla’s eyesight.
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Guiding Lights: UC San Diego Launches Center for Fluorescence-Guided Surgery
December 5, 2019
UC San Diego launches new Center for Fluorescence-Guided Surgery. The center builds upon Roger Tsien’s legacy, delivering a new caliber of surgical precision to treat patients with tumors and disease of all types, identifying unhealthy tissues with a fluorescent glow.
UC San Diego Launches edX Online MicroMasters® in Algorithms and Data Structures
January 29, 2018
UC San Diego is launching an online series of eight courses in Algorithms and Data Structures on the edX platform to help students worldwide master algorithmic programming techniques to qualify for a top senior engineering job.
Novel Coronavirus Circulated Undetected Months before First COVID-19 Cases in Wuhan, China
March 18, 2021
Using molecular dating tools and epidemiological simulations, researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine estimate that the SARS-CoV-2 virus likely circulated undetected for two months before the first human cases of COVID-19 were described in Wuhan, China in late-December 2019.
San Diego Supercomputer Center Takes a Lead in Fighting Fires Proactively
September 27, 2021
According to scientists, a century of suppressing wildfires has created a dangerous stockpile of flammable vegetation on landscapes. This “fire fuel” has fed the megafires that put human life and property at risk and permanently destroy ecosystems.
New anode material could lead to safer fast-charging batteries
September 2, 2020
Scientists at UC San Diego have discovered a new anode material that enables lithium-ion batteries to be safely recharged within minutes for thousands of cycles. It is promising for commercial applications where both high energy density and high power are desired.
Foreign Bees Monopolize Prize Resources in Biodiversity Hotspot
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.
One-Time Treatment Generates New Neurons, Eliminates Parkinson’s Disease in Mice
June 24, 2020
UC San Diego researchers have discovered that a single treatment to inhibit a gene called PTB in mice converts native astrocytes, brain support cells, into neurons that produce the neurotransmitter dopamine. As a result, the mice’s Parkinson’s disease symptoms disappear.
New UC San Diego Program Expands Campus Innovation Pipeline
December 8, 2016
The innovation ecosystem at UC San Diego will open more opportunities for campus entrepreneurs with the launch of Accelerating Innovations to Market (AIM), an ambitious program that encourages graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, researchers and faculty to develop and commercialize their problem-solving ideas.
Wired to Think
September 16, 2019
UC San Diego neurophysics research supplies a blueprint for a future generation of electrode sensors that utilizes existing yet nontraditional materials and fabrication procedures to record electrical signals from every neuron in the cortex of the brain—at the same time.
