May 12, 2016
In an effort to probe the first few moments of time after the Big Bang some 13.8 billion years ago, a consortium of researchers, including astrophysicists from the University of California San Diego, is planning a new observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert to measure the cosmic microwave background, or CMB.
April 1, 2016
More walkable neighborhoods, parks and public transit could all reduce your chance of becoming one of the 600 million adults who battle obesity worldwide, according to researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. The study, recently published online in The Lancet, found a neighborhood’s design plays a…
October 19, 2023
The Simons Foundation has provided $28.8 million and the Heising-Simons Foundation has provided $1.5 million to the UC San Diego to complete the last phase of construction on the Simons Observatory in Chile.
October 31, 2013
…trip to the High Andes through a gourmet Peruvian dinner followed by an illustrated description of the high Andean parts of Peru, Bolivia and Chile by UC San Diego biology professor Christopher Wills, author of “The Darwinian Tourist” and “Green Equilibrium,” and Henri Migala, director of the International House. Jenga…
April 25, 2012
Tape measures. Rulers. Graphs. The gas gauge in your car, and the icon on your favorite digital device showing battery power. The number line and its cousins – notations that map numbers onto space and often represent magnitude – are everywhere. Most adults in industrialized societies are so fluent at…
May 22, 2012
…the Aymara of the Andes seem to do the reverse, placing the past in front and the future behind.) In their time study with the Yupno, published in the journal Cognition, Núñez and colleagues find that the Yupno don’t use their bodies as reference points for time—but rather their valley’s…
July 22, 2019
Destructive free radicals exist in marine ecosystems and are thought to degrade the cells of phytoplankton and other organisms. A new paper, however, suggests that these molecules actually play a beneficial role, upending some conventional wisdom.
July 17, 2012
Dr. Karim Kader, associate clinical professor at the UC San Diego School of Medicine, together with a team of researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine, have developed a genetic test to predict a man’s risk for prostate cancer. Use of the test could reduce the need for repeat…
April 21, 2016
Thanks to combination antiretroviral therapies, many people with HIV can expect to live decades after being infected. Yet doctors have observed these patients often show signs of premature aging. Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the University of Nebraska Medical Center have applied a highly…
February 11, 2016
…by Gary and Sharon Anderberg, owners of Aero Auto Repair located in Kearny Mesa. They led students through a series of emergency situations and how to respond, from brake pedal failure to engine overheating. They also shared insight on maintenance basics such as fluid changes and hose replacements. “I decided…
