November 15, 2018
…by five different marine animals, and then physically manipulate the corresponding wave shape to focus on the narrow frequency band of one specific animal’s sounds. “Most of us think of the ocean as a quiet, peaceful place, but it actually really isn’t,” said Hazel Leung, a fourth year cognitive science…
September 24, 2024
Doctoral student Sateesh Venkatesh has been awarded the Fulbright-National Geographic Award for 2024. With this award, Venkatesh will be traveling to Sri Lanka to research the complex, critical—and sometimes deadly—relationship between farmers and elephants.
August 1, 2023
UC San Diego alum Brandon Güell recently was recognized in the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition for “Treefrog Pool Party,” a stunning photo that showcases his mastery of capturing rare moments in nature.
March 19, 2015
…Photos by Erika Johnson/University Communications UC President Janet Napolitano Visits UC San Diego Global Food Initiative Project It was an unseasonably warm winter day when University of California President Janet Napolitano paid a visit to the Ocean View Growing Grounds in Southeastern San Diego on March 12. Joined by UC…
November 2, 2017
…many of Earth’s microbial communities as possible in order to advance scientific understanding of microbes and their relationships with their environments, including plants, animals and humans. So far, more than 500 project members have analyzed the unique collections of microbes—microbiomes—living in each sample and generated the first reference database of…
October 24, 2017
Analyzing samples from a prospective study, University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers found that human exposure to glyphosate, a chemical widely found in weed killers, has increased approximately 500 percent since the introduction of genetically modified crops.
December 28, 2022
A team of engineers and neuroscientists has demonstrated for the first time that human brain organoids implanted in mice have established functional connectivity to the animals’ cortex and responded to external sensory stimuli.
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.
January 31, 2012
…breakthroughs in the scientific community. It is important to foster that curiosity outside of the school environment. This is what drives Life Technologies to become a partner in events that further education like the San Diego Festival of Science & Engineering.” Now in its fourth year, the weeklong community celebration…
January 31, 2012
Interactive demonstrations and exciting speakers, ranging from skateboard legend Tony Hawk to icon of engineering Irwin Jacobs, get students excited about science and engineering
