August 6, 2020
…with Renewable Products Cutting-edge science and new center for biodegradable goods target environmental scourge of plastic waste Although they were introduced back in the 1950s, the true dawn of plastics is rooted in the 1970s. Along with disco and bellbottoms, the ’70s ushered in a meteoric rise in everyday consumer…
June 14, 2018
…combing a love of science, art and activism with cutting-edge research, this year’s outstanding grads are truly inspiring. Here is a sampling of their stories: Avid sailor overcomes devastating brain tumor to graduate Earl Warren College grad Matt Morris (right) pictured with his girlfriend on a backpacking trip. Matt Morris…
September 26, 2022
New congressionally-directed funding awarding $5.6 million to Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego will aim to improve characterization of the extent of the dumpsite, and support additional monitoring and research.
May 24, 2018
Researchers from University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Arizona State University found that if a car is parked in the sun on a summer day, the interior temperature can reach 116 degrees F. and the dashboard may exceed 165 degrees F. in approximately one hour — the…
June 1, 2021
Richard Seymour, a renowned research engineer at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, who envisioned a network to collect coastal data as a graduate student, died May 22, 2021. He was 91 years old.
October 28, 2020
Research findings by UC San Diego’s Mark Thiemens and former Chancellor’s Dissertation Medalist Mang Lin narrow down the complex nitrogen cycles at work in the atmosphere, cryosphere, hydrosphere, and, potentially, the biosphere.
April 8, 2021
…after World War II, science’s ability to map the ocean floor led to a flurry of geological sampling. At the time when the Marine Vertebrate Collection was taking formal shape, so too did the Geological Collection. William Riedel, a renowned micropaleontologist, became the first curator of the Collection in 1955…
November 1, 2019
San Diego-based Predictive Science, Inc. this week released their first forecast for the 2019-2020 influenza season, which typically runs from November through March.
March 20, 2014
…exponential growth [in computer science]. What we’re talking about is something humanity has never tried to deal with before.” With that mind-bending prelude, trying to fathom what the future holds was the central theme of the 90-minute seminar held in Atkinson Hall at UC San Diego’s Qualcomm Institute. Presented by…
