April 30, 2013
Only within the past 12 years have marine biologists come to learn about the eye-opening characteristics of mystifying sea worms that live and thrive on the bones of whale carcasses.
March 21, 2019
The UC San Diego Concrete Canoe team’s 2018 vessel, Vesuvius. The team earned 4th place with Vesuvius, but is hoping to crack the top 3 with this year’s canoe, named Cosmos. Photos courtesy of the Concrete Canoe team. Sink or Swim—Concrete Canoe Team Aims to Reach the Podium at National…
January 4, 2018
In the past 50 years, the amount of water in the open ocean with zero oxygen has gone up more than fourfold. In coastal water bodies, including estuaries and seas, low-oxygen sites have increased more than 10-fold since 1950. Scientists expect oxygen to continue dropping even outside these zones as…
June 3, 2021
…2021 Next week, UC San Diego will honor the journeys of more than 8,000 graduating students. Each of their stories begins differently—from an international childhood spanning over a dozen countries to discovering a love of learning within an isolated jail cell—but their paths all converged at UC San Diego. Their…
February 25, 2015
A Scripps Institution of Oceanography-led study on how natural and man-made sources of nitrogen are recycled through the Lake Tahoe ecosystem provides new information on how global change may affect the iconic blue lake.
February 16, 2017
…cancer. Photos by David Baillot/Jacobs School of Engineering Engineering Undergraduates Use DNA Origami to Target Cancer A team of engineering students has a cancer-fighting idea up its sleeve—and the sleeve is nanoscale. The idea is based on a new cutting-edge research tool called DNA origami in which scientists literally fold…
January 27, 2022
…his native Myanmar UC San Diego electrical engineering alumnus and Echoing Green Fellow Lin Thu Hein. UC San Diego alumnus Lin Thu Hein has come full circle; after arriving in the United States from Myanmar at age 13, he is now using his degree in electrical engineering to bring solar-powered…
April 3, 2014
…Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Statistics on this year’s graduating class: 18% of graduating students are pursuing part or all of their residency training at UC San Diego Medical Center 70% percent are pursuing part or all of their residency training in California 42% percent are entering primary-care…
March 6, 2012
Among the many intriguing aspects of the deep sea, Earth’s largest ecosystem, exist environments known as hydrothermal vent systems where hot water surges out from the seafloor. On the flipside the deep sea also features cold areas where methane rises from “seeps” on the ocean bottom.
June 12, 2012
…scientist who founded UC San Diego’s Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, as well as Center for U.S-Mexican Studies, has been honored with Mexico’s highest award for foreigners: the Order of the Aztec Eagle. The Mexican equivalent to the French Legion of Honor or the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom, the…
