Endgame for the Higgs Boson
September 13, 2011
The last missing piece of scientists’ fundamental model of particle physics is running out of places to hide.
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Four UC San Diego Faculty Members Named Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 2013 Fellows
February 28, 2013
…Collins, assistant professor of physics and biology Collins investigates the role physical principles play in living systems, studying organisms with incredible regenerative powers, such as planaria and hydras, which can reconstruct two entirely new, complete animals when cut in half. By combining stem-cell biology with the mechanics of tissues and…
U.S. News & World Report Names UC San Diego Graduate Programs Among Nation’s Best
March 11, 2014
The 2015 edition of the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools guidebook, released today, highly ranks the University of California, San Diego’s professional schools in engineering and medicine, as well as its academic Ph.D. programs in the sciences.
Interim Director Named for San Diego Supercomputer Center
May 25, 2021
Long-time Director Michael Norman is stepping down and SDSC’s Distributed High-Throughput Computing Lead and Physics Professor Frank Würthwein is stepping into the role until a new permanent director is named.
Olga Dudko Receives Prestigious Simons Investigator Award
July 5, 2022
UC San Diego Professor of Physics Olga Dudko has been named a 2022 Simons Investigator, one of the most prestigious awards for a theoretical research scientist. Dudko is a theoretical physicist whose work seeks to establish unifying physical principles in biology.
Undergraduate Researchers Earn Goldwater Scholarship
May 13, 2021
…and Claire Zhang, and physics student Mara Casebeer, received the scholarship in recognition of their research contributions and plans to pursue careers in research. Mara Casebeer Mara Casebeer. Photo Courtesy of Mara Casebeer. Mara Casebeer, a biological physics student with a minor in chemistry, has been captivated by the power…
UC San Diego Receives $1.15 Million NSF Grant for Biology ‘Boot Camps’
July 31, 2013
A biology and physics professor at UC San Diego has received a $1.15 million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a series of annual “boot camps” that will educate San Diego-area high school and college students about an emerging field at the intersection of physics and biology called…
UC San Diego Faculty Receive Trifecta of National Awards
November 1, 2021
Three UC San Diego faculty—Terry Hwa, Benjamin Grinstein and Suckjoon Jun—have been recognized by national physics associations for their achievements.
Burbidge Visiting Professor Uses Physics of Mayonnaise to Develop Electronic Skin
February 27, 2020
Burbidge Visiting Professor Uses Physics of Mayonnaise to Develop Electronic Skin Annie Colin (right) pictured with her ESPCI postdoctoral fellow Mickael Pruvost in the Language Comprehension Lab at UC San Diego. Photo by Lisa Petrillo. For researcher Annie Colin, a Margaret Burbidge Visiting Professor at the University of California San…
Astrophysicist Enlightens Campus, Community with Portable Planetarium
November 1, 2018
…in the Department of Physics and at the Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences. “I’m especially excited about being able to take this to communities where it is difficult for people to travel to see the night sky.” Astrophysicist and UC San Diego faculty member Shelley Wright. Photo courtesy of…
