Cancer Treatment of Tomorrow, Today
February 6, 2024
Moores Cancer Center continues to bring state-of-the-art cancer treatments from the bench to the bedside.
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Funny Finding: Men Win Humor Test (by a Hair)
October 19, 2011
Men are funnier than women, but only just barely and mostly to other men. So says a psychology study from the University of California, San Diego Division of Social Sciences.
‘Our Energy Future’ Lecture Series to Engage Community with UC San Diego Energy Research
October 2, 2013
Despite 50 years of recommendations from U.S. Presidents to end the nation’s reliance on foreign oil, energy policy in the United States remains focused on keeping the price of gasoline cheap today, rather than creating a plan for sustainable energy production. This political stagnation is becoming all the more consequential…
Rising UC San Diego Scientists Lead the Way with NSF CAREER Awards
August 27, 2024
To date in 2024, eight early-career researchers at the University of California San Diego have received awards from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER), furthering their work to solve pressing issues impacting today’s world.
Scripps to Revitalize Center for Coastal Studies and Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier
March 22, 2018
…for faculty and graduate students, and areas to develop and test observational equipment used to monitor coastal changes. The proximity of the building to the ocean is critical to the success of the research, as the location allows for efficient testing of instrumentation on the beach and cliffs near the…
When Americans Recall Their Roots, They Open Up to Immigration
April 15, 2021
…structured exercises to have students reflect on how their own families’ migration experiences relate to immigration issues. Our own research shows that this narrative can shift U.S. public opinion to become more favorable toward immigrants. Across three surveys conducted in 2018 and 2019, we asked 6,000 respondents to remember their…
Supercomputers Aid Discovery of New, Inexpensive Material to Make LEDs with Excellent Color Quality
February 19, 2018
Computers have helped researchers develop a new phosphor that can make LEDs cheaper and render colors more accurately. An international team led by engineers at UC San Diego first predicted the new phosphor using supercomputers and data mining algorithms, then developed a simple recipe to make it in the lab.…
Schmidt Futures Fellows Seek to Expand Promise of AI in STEM Fields
March 23, 2023
Ten UC San Diego postdoctoral scholars are applying artificial intelligence (AI) methods to their research in a range of fields thanks to support from the Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship, a program of Schmidt Futures.
Q&A with John Wixted
April 17, 2012
…when I was a student) Favorite place on Earth: The stretch of beach north of the Scripps Pier and beyond the rocks Favorite part of your job: I like teaching a lot, but I love my research Favorite hobby: Before I had kids, it was playing the classical guitar. Now…
Visual Arts Exhibitions Emphasize Building Community at UC San Diego and Beyond
March 20, 2017
Hundreds of visitors recently helped usher in “Making Communities: Art and the Border,” an exhibition that shines a light on immigrant communities as a source of creativity. During its opening, several UC San Diego artists participated in a speaking program addressing the recent rhetoric citing Mexico as a source of…
