July 7, 2022
July 7, 2022 —
A new 10-year study from Palmyra Atoll in the remote central Pacific Ocean shows that reefs outside the reach of local human impacts can recover from bleaching.
December 8, 2015
December 8, 2015 —
Biologists at UC San Diego have found that a method they developed to identify and characterize new antibiotics can be employed to screen natural products quickly for compounds capable of controlling antibiotic resistant bacteria.
September 8, 2014
September 8, 2014 —
In one year, India’s ozone pollution damaged millions of tons of the country’s major crops, causing losses of more than a billion dollars and destroying enough food to feed tens of millions of people living below the poverty line.
May 8, 2023
May 8, 2023 —
The Wagner New Play Festival will return to UC San Diego from May 8 to June 10, 2023, showcasing seven new plays written by MFA playwrights in UC San Diego’s Department of Theatre and Dance.
December 11, 2017
December 11, 2017 —
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have found a genetic signature for delay discounting — the tendency to undervalue future rewards — that overlaps with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), smoking and weight.
May 9, 2013
May 9, 2013 —
DARPA, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, has awarded $6 million to a team of researchers to develop nanotechnology therapies for the treatment of traumatic brain injury and associated infections.
April 3, 2019
April 3, 2019 —
…Department: UC San Diego Health Facilities Engineering UC San Diego Health Facilities Engineering has the responsibility of maintaining and operating 1.4 million square feet of hospitals to meet extensive regulatory requirements and provide world-class patient care.The team began an Ongoing Commissioning Program in early 2018, wherein the group’s energy manager…
February 8, 2024
February 8, 2024 —
Each cell features mtDNA, instructions that mitochondria use to create energy. When mtDNA remains where it belongs, cells remain healthy. But when it goes where it doesn’t belong, mtDNA can initiate an immune response and inflammation. Scientists have discovered the pathways behind this process.
July 22, 2013
July 22, 2013 —
A surfer and San Diego resident at the time, Kary Mullis won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1993 for his invention of the polymerase chain reaction, considered one of the monumental scientific techniques of the 20th century. That year, Mullis also became the founding honorary chair of the Luau…
March 18, 2021
March 18, 2021 —
…in computer science and technology when I was younger. With my first laptop, I swapped out the hard drive and it was fascinating to me how something so simple and seamless on the outside could be so complex on the inside; there’s this juxtaposition of chaos and order,” said Ye.…