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Engineering the Smallest Crack in the World

April 23, 2015

A new procedure will enable researchers to fabricate smaller, faster, and more powerful nanoscale devices ─ and do so with molecular control and precision. Using a single layer of carbon atoms, or graphene, nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego have invented a new way of fabricating nanostructures that…

Founders’ Symposium to Spotlight Innovative Work of Six Faculty, Graduate Students

October 31, 2013

…Jamie Alexandre Graduate Student, Department of Cognitive Science “Connecting the Disconnected: Taking the Online Learning Revolution Offline” Tell us a bit about your background: I am a doctoral candidate in the department of cognitive science, advised by Division of Social Sciences Dean Jeff Elman. I am co-founder of several educational…

UC San Diego Professor Presents Air Filtration Fan to the White House to Help Fight COVID-19

September 22, 2022

A renowned atmospheric scientist at the University of California San Diego recently brought an innovative gift and action-oriented message to our nation’s capital. Kimberly Prather, Distinguished Chair in Atmospheric Chemistry, presented a Corsi-Rosenthal Box, a unique invention developed by a multi

UC San Diego Atmospheric Chemist Receives Prestigious National Academy of Sciences Award

January 22, 2024

Kimberly Prather, an atmospheric chemist at the University of California San Diego, is among 20 individuals being honored by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for extraordinary scientific achievements.

AI Chatbot ChatGPT Mirrors Its Users to Appear Intelligent

March 17, 2023

In a new paper relevant to artificial intelligence and ChatGPT, Professor Terrence Sejnowski explores the relationship between the human interviewer and language models to uncover why chatbots respond in particular ways, why those responses vary and how to improve them in the future.

Prominent UC San Diego Physicist and Dean Dies at 92

December 4, 2014

…Goldberger’s in the physics department. “He brought a remarkable breadth of physics and experience to us and to me personally for which I am forever grateful. When we began a search for a dean of the Division of Natural Sciences, I was even more grateful that he accepted the offer.…

Wired to Think

September 16, 2019

UC San Diego neurophysics research supplies a blueprint for a future generation of electrode sensors that utilizes existing yet nontraditional materials and fabrication procedures to record electrical signals from every neuron in the cortex of the brain—at the same time.

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