March 3, 2021
UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers develop an automated process to test city sewage for SARS-CoV-2, allowing them to forecast the region’s COVID-19 caseload one to two weeks ahead of clinical diagnostic reports.
April 30, 2020
…like feeding the sardines, monitoring newborn seahorses, and training the endangered Loggerhead Sea Turtle must all still go on. Missing guests mean things are a little quieter through the galleries, and some animals are taking notice. Shy coral reef fish are spending less time hiding and more time out and…
May 28, 2024
A UC San Diego team wants to create a company to give first responders and emergency room personnel a new, portable and cost-effective tool to rapidly diagnose stroke patients and speed treatment. The group’s pitch was awarded first place in the 2024 National Nanotechnology Entrepreneurship Challenge.
March 3, 2016
…San Diego Bequest to continue support for the Yankelovich Center for Social Science Research, which aims to find solutions to pressing and complex problems that confront our nation In a career spanning 50 years, renowned social researcher and public opinion analyst Daniel Yankelovich cared what people thought. Now his focus…
March 5, 2020
…telescopes to allow simultaneous monitoring of the entire observable sky. Photo by © Laurie Hatch. PANOSETI began development in 2018, aiming to create a dedicated optical SETI observatory to image the entire observable sky—approximately 10,000 square degrees—instantaneously. The final project plans to generate hundreds of telescopes to achieve this enormous…
June 28, 2017
UC San Diego and Bermuda’s Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources have officially launched a first-of-its-kind effort to scan underwater shipwrecks and coral reefs in 3D and at an unprecedented level of detail.
July 29, 2014
Natalie Larson has three years to finish her Ph.D. in computer science at the University of California, San Diego, and she wasn’t entirely certain where she would find the support to complete her degree. But now she is. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded Larson a Science, Mathematics…
September 12, 2014
Admiral Samuel Locklear, Commander of U.S. Pacific Command, recently visited the UC San Diego campus where he held discussions with faculty on topics ranging from international relations to global warming.
September 19, 2016
CSE Prof. Tajana Rosing is the inaugural holder of an academic chair endowed in 2012 by John J. and Susan M. Fratamico to promote scholarship in fields including engineering and the life sciences.
December 10, 2020
…on developing a global monitoring system for the nuclear test-ban treaty, and holds fellowships with the American Association for Artificial Intelligence, the Association for Computing Machinery and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. “We are delighted Dr. Russell was the Institute for Practical Ethics keynote speaker this year,”…
