September 10, 2012
Structural and mechanical engineers at the University of California, San Diego, are working together to create blood flow simulations that could lead to improvements in the design of a cardiac pump for children born with heart defects. They hope that the design changes will improve young patients’ outcomes.
January 28, 2014
During his lifetime, Henry G. Molaison (H.M.) was the best-known and possibly the most-studied patient of modern neuroscience. Now, thanks to the postmortem study of his brain, based on histological sectioning and digital three-dimensional construction led by Jacopo Annese, PhD, at the University of California, San Diego, scientists around the…
May 1, 2023
Biological sciences professor Nick Spitzer reflects on 50 years of teaching, and an innovation award is launched in his name to support original scientific research by undergraduate students.
July 21, 2022
…tiny seabirds with playful personalities explore, waddle and swim around their new home. Each penguin weighs 2-3 pounds and is less than a foot tall—around the size of a California burrito. Little Blue Penguins are fed by an aquarist at the exhibit. “This is the first time you can ever…
November 1, 2022
UC San Diego icon Nick Spitzer, known for his warm, engaging personality and a passion for teaching and research, is marking 50 years on campus. A campus celebration and new innovation award have been set to mark his lasting contributions to science and the university.
October 14, 2022
Python, a programming language used across diverse tech industry sectors, and popular among developers and programmers, can be tough for students who have no previous experience with coding.
February 14, 2013
A new paper published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization has determined that providing rural sub-Saharan Africans a close-to-client health system by paid, full-time community health workers by 2015 would cost $2.6 billion per year, or just $6.86 per person covered by the program.
March 18, 2019
Yesterday evening (3/17) and this afternoon (3/18) UC San Diego Police (UCPD)was notified about a threat of violence to the UC San Diego campus written on the inside surfaces of three women’s restroom doors.
January 31, 2011
…They had very different personalities: Eckart was formal and reserved; Munk was gregarious and outgoing. My scientific development benefitted from both associations. From Carl, I learned to think carefully; from Walter, I learned to think boldly. 4. It has been said that the early years at UC San Diego were…
March 25, 2021
UC San Diego scientists have taken the connection between wisdom, loneliness and biology one step further, reporting that wisdom and loneliness appear to influence — and/or be influenced by — microbial diversity of the gut.
