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Engineers Launch Cross-Border Center to Create Materials that Withstand Extreme Environments

June 2, 2016

…Create Materials that Withstand Extreme Environments Representatives from industry and academia and government officials cut the ribbon for the launch of the CaliBaja Center for Resilient Materials and Systems at UC San Diego. Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications In a few months, a series of laboratories tucked away…

UC San Diego Launches Two Projects on the Impact of Climate Change on Coastlines and People

October 25, 2022

The University of California San Diego has received two five-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grants totaling $6.6 million to fund research hubs in Southern California and Puerto Rico.

First Nuclear Explosion Helps Test Theory of Moon’s Formation

February 8, 2017

…called trinitite, which were radioactive materials formed under the extreme temperatures that resulted from the 1945 plutonium bomb explosion, to examine theories about the Moon’s formation some 4.5 billion years ago.

UC San Diego Climbs to No. 3 Public University in U.S. in Academic Ranking of World Universities

September 10, 2024

UC San Diego has been ranked No. 3 among public U.S. universities in the 2024 Academic Ranking of World Universities released by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy. The university also advanced to No. 14 among U.S. colleges overall and No. 18 in the world in the annual list. 

New Blood: Lab-Grown Stem Cells Bode Well for Transplants, Aging Research

August 12, 2021

UC San Diego researchers develop a method to grow hematopoietic stem cells in culture, with clinical implications for bone marrow transplants and aging research.

Heat Waves Amplify Existing Inequities. Meet the Researchers Working to Change That.

September 3, 2024

With record-breaking heat becoming the new norm, the consequences are far from evenly distributed, with communities of color, low-income neighborhoods and medically vulnerable individuals bearing the brunt of extreme heat exposure. At UC San Diego, researchers are not just examining the disparities, but are actively searching for solutions.

Hot Cars Can Hit Life-Threatening Levels in Approximately One Hour

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…

Highest-Ever Seawater Temperature Recorded at Scripps Pier

August 2, 2018

On Wednesday, researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego logged the warmest sea-surface temperature at Scripps Pier since records began in August 1916. The record of 25.9℃ (78.6℉) followed a string of days in which individual daily records of sea surface and seafloor temperatures…

New Simulation Illuminates Origin of the Brightest Galaxies

September 23, 2015

A simulation that traced the evolution of enormous, bright galaxies over the course of several billion years has illuminated the possible origins of some of the most extreme objects in the universe.

Scientists at UC San Diego Introduce a Battery for Extreme Temperatures

December 21, 2022

A team of nanoengineers, including a group from UC San Diego, has published groundbreaking research on batteries built to deliver high-power output under the hottest and coldest conditions. This work provides insights into the electrolyte design for extreme-temperature batteries.

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