November 29, 2012
Ten professors at the University of California, San Diego have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the nation’s largest scientific organization. They are among 702 members selected this year by colleagues in their disciplines to be honored by the association for “scientifically or socially…
April 4, 2013
…most imaginative and effective researchers in the country,” he said, to hear him announce a broad and collaborative research initiative designed to revolutionize our understanding of the brain. The BRAIN Initiative, short for Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies, is launching with approximately $100 million in proposed funding in the…
March 27, 2017
Researchers at QI, in cooperation with the government of Bermuda, have announced the launch of the Bermuda 100 Challenge, an ambitious campaign to digitally document at least 100 ships, artifacts and other sites in Bermuda’s shallow reefs.
February 1, 2018
…Community Engagement and Scientific Research for Health Activism Multidisciplinary issues need multidisciplinary solutions. That’s biology major and visual arts minor Anika Ullah’s mantra. Ullah believes that when put together, visual media, science and community engagement can serve as powerful tools for gaining insight into current health-related issues, shaping scientific study…
April 25, 2019
…making it a truly interdisciplinary day. With more than 60 classes to choose from and seven class slots throughout the day, high school students packed their day to the brim with topics they enjoy. Like… Fun with Kitchen Chemistry Maya Holay, a nanoengineering Ph.D. student, and Mallory Evanoff, a chemical…
February 11, 2021
Credit, iStock.com/tiburonstudios Breastfeeding Research Improves Lives and Advances Health, But Faces Conflicts Lars Bode, professor of pediatrics at UC San Diego School of Medicine and director of Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation Mother-Milk-Infant Center of Research Excellence (MOMI CORE). Breastfeeding and breast milk provide big opportunities to support maternal, infant and population health.…
February 27, 2020
…by Lisa Petrillo. For researcher Annie Colin, a Margaret Burbidge Visiting Professor at the University of California San Diego, the road to developing better electronic skin is all about the physics of mayonnaise. The professor from École Supérieure de Physiques et de Chimie Industrielle (ESPCI) in France has been captivated…
January 10, 2023
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency hosted the grand finale of its first-ever national conference series at UC San Diego in December. UC San Diego was the last stop and the largest conference attracting 900 attendees in-person and virtually.
April 26, 2018
…for Memory and Recording Research building at UC San Diego. Center for Memory and Recording Research Makes Big Contribution to Data Storage Advances Over Past 35 Years In 1983, the state-of-the-art in data storage was a 1 gigabyte hard drive that cost $100,000 and weighed 50 pounds. Today, there are…
June 18, 2024
The effects of coffee consumption on human health is a knotty question, but one thing is sure: coffee is a psychoactive substance.
