December 3, 2021
On Saturday, Dec. 4, a total eclipse of the sun will occur at 07:33 (Universal Time) over Antarctica and parts of the South Pacific near the southern tip of Chile. The solar corona – visible to the naked eye only during a total eclipse – will be viewable for just…
January 24, 2022
A joint gift to the University of Southern California (USC) and the University of California San Diego totaling $50 million from the Epstein Family Foundation will drive Alzheimer’s research and accelerate the search for treatments and a cure.
May 2, 2022
UC San Diego scientists use lab-grown human brain tissue to identify neural abnormalities in Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome and show gene therapy tools can rescue neural structure and function.
June 2, 2022
Graphic warning labels led smokers to hide their packs but not change other smoking behaviors according to report by University of California San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science researchers.
June 21, 2022
A team of researchers involving UC San Diego has received a $25 million award from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to build artificial coral reefs to protect coastal areas in Hawai’i against flooding, erosion and storm damage.
July 28, 2022
For the first time, researchers at UC San Diego report near-atomic-resolution snapshots of nitrogenase during catalysis using cryoEM. The results were published in the journal Science.
October 4, 2022
A new system of algorithms developed by UC San Diego engineers enables four-legged robots to walk and run on challenging terrain while avoiding both static and moving obstacles. The work could help build robots for search and rescue missions or collect information in hard to access environments.
October 6, 2022
The UC San Diego community is invited to join in events across campus in October as part of the celebration of Latinx Heritage Month.
October 4, 2022
The School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences earned the designation for the innovative use of iPad in the curriculum.
December 13, 2022
An international team of scientists led by UC San Diego computer science and engineering professor Pengtao Xie has developed a new algorithm that shows promise in improving the detection of pneumonia from chest x-rays.
