November 12, 2020
…critical to collect more data about local populations to better overcome barriers to testing and treatments. “When infections among the ‘Asian’ population is reported, we don’t know if they are Chinese, Vietnamese or Korean,” said Araneta. “And we don’t know what languages contact tracers need to speak. A contact tracer…
May 19, 2022
…vision to solve ocean data challenges On Wednesday, May 25 at Sumner Hall at Scripps Oceanography, seven teams from the first-ever startBlue cohort will showcase their ocean-focused startup solutions as part of startBlue Demo Day. Teams will present their pitches, demonstrate the progress they have made and announce their plans…
June 18, 2015
…the National Medal of Science by President Barack Obama. “Many of you weren’t even in high school when my company, Celera, and the government-funded program were racing to sequence the first genome,” Venter said. “The first genome sequence cost my team $100 million and nine months to complete. Today, we…
September 29, 2022
The UC San Diego campus community turned out in big numbers last Friday to celebrate the opening of the sleek and soaring Franklin Antonio Hall. The building is not only innovative in its architecture, it’s also ground-breaking in how research teams are organized.
July 27, 2020
UC San Diego Health is ranked first in San Diego and sixth in California, placing it among the nation’s best hospitals, according to the 2020-2021 U.S. News & World Report. Eight common procedures and conditions were also rated “high performing.”
October 29, 2013
Two innovative UC San Diego spinoffs are among the 100 companies cited by The Science Coalition in a new report touting the positive economic payoff of federally funded university research.
September 16, 2014
A trip to the Guatemalan jungle usually nets a few souvenirs: Photographs of Maya ruins, bragging rights about encounters with venomous snakes, perhaps a bug bite or two.
April 26, 2018
…academic centers to advance science and policy related to the potential clinical benefits and limitations of cannabis and cannabinoids as medicine. Over the years, it has conducted a wide variety of studies, including the short-term benefits of cannabis for the treatment of neuropathic pain and spasticity. Among its current projects…
June 29, 2018
PET plastic, short for polyethylene terephthalate, is the fourth most-produced plastic, used to make things such as beverage bottles and carpets, most of which are not being recycled. Some scientists are hoping to change that, using supercomputers to engineer an enzyme that breaks down PET. They say it’s a step…
June 3, 2021
…enroll in remote math, science and physics courses. After being released in mid-2011 and transitioning to work at a collection agency, Bearden aligned on the path he set for himself to achieve a doctoral degree in physics. Though initially somewhat insecure about starting an undergraduate degree at 26 years old,…
