February 29, 2016
UC San Diego’s Entrepreneurs-in-Residence program, which currently features three savvy business professionals who help advise students on start-up ideas, has gained two additional experts.
April 1, 2016
The 7th annual Non-Volatile Memories workshop elicited the interest of more than 185 researchers from around the world, who were there to hear where things might be headed for NVM, a crucial component of modern computing systems.
October 18, 2018
…performed rituals and other activities in large arenas, the outlines of which are still distinguishable from the natural landscape when viewed from sufficient altitude. Rivera-Collazo can trace the evolution of the settlement near the mouth of the Rio Grande de Manatí from the time of even earlier peoples nearly 5,000…
August 25, 2020
UC San Diego researchers engineered fluorescent tools that combine the gene editing technique CRISPR and biosensor technologies to look inside cells in a whole new way. Their findings show that a major protein that binds to the signaling molecule cAMP can form membraneless organelles in human cells.
August 19, 2019
…already transforming the university physically, intellectually and culturally,” said Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla. “In seven years, we have expanded college access and affordability for underserved students, initiated campuswide interdisciplinary research initiatives to foster collaboration and solve societal challenges, and strengthened university and community partnerships to drive regional impact. “With the…
September 29, 2020
Researchers affiliated with the UC San Diego Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences show that high-density and continuous matter feed a galaxy’s black hole to keep the AGN active and bright
October 10, 2019
…Divisions of Biological and Physical Sciences Research Communications program, which equips scientists with the tools to communicate their research to lay audiences. The foundation has also generously supported the Qualcomm Institute’s Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Marine Microbial Research and Analysis (CAMERA), helping researchers advance understanding in microbial genetics, ocean communities…
April 25, 2017
Scientists and physicians at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, working with colleagues at the U.S. Navy Medical Research Center – Biological Defense Research Directorate (NMRC-BDRD), Texas A&M University, a San Diego-based biotech and elsewhere, have successfully used an experimental therapy involving bacteriophages — viruses that target and…
March 19, 2018
Each year people all over the world die from the flu. To protect against influenza epidemics and their potentially mortal results, medical professionals encourage vaccination. While generally effective for healthy individuals, vaccinations are less effective for the elderly, the immunocompromised and other high-risk groups. For the healthy, getting a shot…
August 19, 2021
New visualizations of SARS-CoV-2 have allowed researchers to discover how the virus enters and infects healthy human cells. They found that glycan sugar molecules act as infection “gates” to our cell’s receptors.
