April 4, 2024
Millions of Americans live in food deserts where ultraprocessed foods are abundant and fresh food is scarce, giving rise to large health disparities in diabetes and related diseases. The NOURISH platform is designed to help small businesses increase access to healthy, sustainable food.
October 13, 2023
In a large, multi-institutional effort led by University of California San Diego, researchers have analyzed more than a million human brain cells and revealed links between specific types of cells and various common neuropsychiatric disorders.
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.
November 30, 2017
…decreasing STEM attrition using artificial intelligence. He created a device to make his vision a reality and his efforts were rewarded when he was invited recently to compete in the Entrepreneurs’ Organization’s (EO) Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) competition, held on Nov. 14. Student-led startups across the San Diego region…
November 13, 2019
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, as well as a diverse team of cardiologists and physicists, developed a machine learning algorithm to predict the life expectancy in heart failure patients.
September 9, 2020
Chemists Wei Xiong and Haoyuan Wang hunt down tiny molecules that aren’t easy to see, which is why they developed an instrument that magnifies the molecular clarity of hydrogen-bond interactions to boost biometrics.
February 16, 2022
Common flies feature more advanced cognitive abilities than previously believed. Using a custom-built immersive virtual reality arena, neurogenetics and real-time brain activity imaging, researchers found attention, working memory and conscious awareness-like capabilities in fruit flies.
July 14, 2017
Over 200 high school students have moved into dorms at UC San Diego for the 2017 California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science (COSMOS), a four-week program focused on advanced tech skills including programming and robotics.
April 4, 2016
Calit2 director Larry Smarr welcomes artist Daniel Ambrosi to Qualcomm Institute to showcase full-size art works for first time ever at highest resolution.
March 29, 2022
U.S. News & World Report today released its 2023 Best Graduate Schools rankings, naming graduate programs and professional schools at the University of California San Diego among the best in the country. The rankings placed nine of the campus’s graduate programs among the top 10 in the nation.
