When Art Becomes Autonomous
October 3, 2013
What does autonomy mean in an age when technology is radically transforming the ability of objects and even ideas to have a life of their own – from smart cars, to viral videos?
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UC San Diego Team Aims to Broaden Researcher Access to Protein Simulation
August 6, 2012
…just an upgraded desktop computer equipped with a relatively inexpensive graphics processing card, a team of computer scientists and biochemists at the University of California, San Diego, has developed advanced GPU accelerated software and demonstrated for the first time that this approach can sample biological events that occur on the…
First Case of Community Acquired Omicron Variant in San Diego
December 10, 2021
Few places in the country are better equipped to detect new virus variants than San Diego, where researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine and Scripps Research, working with county public health officials, health systems and others, collaborate to create a sort of viral early warning system.
UC San Diego Announces 2021 Undergraduate Library Research Prize Winners
August 3, 2021
Four UC San Diego students have been selected to receive the annual Undergraduate Library Research Prize (ULRP), an awards program that enriches the undergraduate student experience at UC San Diego by promoting innovative and collaborative research.
UC San Diego Researchers Demonstrate Automotive SafeShield with Qualcomm
April 18, 2016
The Laboratory for Intelligent and Safe Automobiles (LISA) at UC San Diego had a presence at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas as part of a Qualcomm automotive pavilion and demo. It was the lab’s second CES-related demo in three years.
Supercomputer Simulations Reveal New “Achilles heel” in Dengue Virus
April 30, 2018
By stretching the amount of time proteins can be simulated in their natural state of wiggling and gyrating, a team of researchers at Colorado State University— using supercomputers at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego and the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center—has identified a critical protein structure that could…
Pamela Cosman Bridges Disciplines to Build a More Efficient, Equitable Future
November 30, 2023
Pamela Cosman has charted a career path that offers her the freedom to pursue electrical engineering, mentorship and work in gender equity and neurodiversity in STEM.
Q&A with Brian Schottlaender
May 22, 2012
…have become leaner, more efficient, and more focused as an organization, our role as essential contributors to UC San Diego’s academic, research, service and patient care successes remains our top priority. What are the challenges you still face? What are the opportunities? We face both short- and long-term challenges. In…
Transparent Brain Implant Can Read Deep Neural Activity From the Surface
January 11, 2024
A multidisciplinary team of researchers at UC San Diego developed a thin, transparent, flexible neural implant that can capture high-resolution information about activity deep inside the brain without damaging its delicate tissue.
Commercial-scale Biomanufactured Melatonin is Here
April 11, 2023
For the first time, large amounts of melatonin are being made by bacteria. Engineered E. coli are feeding on glucose and churning out melatonin, the hormone that controls circadian rhythms. This mode of manufacturing is growing thanks in part to bioengineering advances made at UC San Diego.
