November 14, 2016
By sampling the molecules on cell phones, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences were able to construct lifestyle sketches for each phone’s owner, including diet, preferred hygiene products, health status and locations visited. This proof-of-concept study could have…
May 24, 2018
Certain types of bacteria and viruses are readily ejected into the atmosphere when waves break while other taxa are less likely to be transported by sea spray into the air, researchers reported May 22. The team behind a National Science Foundation-funded study included chemists, oceanographers, microbiologists, geneticists, and pediatric medicine…
August 8, 2023
University of California San Diego earned $1.76 billion in research funding last fiscal year, a 6 percent increase over the previous year.
April 4, 2023
A team led by engineers at the University of California San Diego has developed a biodegradable polymer system to treat rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune and inflammatory disease, by working in concert with the power of the human immune system.
August 17, 2015
CSE professor Pavel Pevzner and recent postdoc Phillip Campeau are launching a six-part series of courses as a Specialization mini-degree on Coursera teaching bioinformatics, culminating in a Capstone Project that will prepare students to solve real-world research challenges.
May 21, 2018
The Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) grants support the development of instruments that have a wide range of military applications. In all, 10 researchers from UC San Diego received awards that will help them improve ocean weather and climate prediction, reproduce the extreme conditions of matter that exist in…
January 29, 2018
Two multimedia installations by Music graduate students based on the sonification of endangered coral reefs will premiere Feb. 8 as part of the 2017-2018 performance season at UC San Diego’s Initiative for Digital Exploration of Arts & Sciences (IDEAS) in the Qualcomm Institute.
April 24, 2012
Seismic Stress Test Engineers test life-saving technologies in five-story building built on world’s largest outdoor shake table Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications What happens when you put a fully equipped five-story building, which includes two hospital floors, computer servers, fire barriers and even a working elevator, through a…
May 6, 2021
…spirit and ceremony will live on virtually—join us on Saturday, May 15 as we honor the following exceptional Tritons and take part in all that Alumni Celebration Weekend has to offer. Outstanding Alumni Franklin Antonio ’74 Muir, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Scientist, engineer and inventor—the career of Franklin Antonio ’74…
November 21, 2019
…dean Jacobs School of Engineering; Mike Knowles, SVP of Cubic Corp. Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications UC San Diego Celebrates Franklin Antonio Hall Groundbreaking The University of California San Diego celebrated the groundbreaking of its newest engineering building, Franklin Antonio Hall, on Friday. The building is designed for…
