April 7, 2016
…Photo by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications While the stereotypical spring breakers throughout the United States flee to far-flung destinations to absorb sun and fun, UC San Diego student Sophie Silvestri experienced something far more breathtaking. “When we approached the plaza in Old Havana and saw an American flag hanging…
May 30, 2013
…a presentation at UC San Diego on his record-setting DEEPSEA CHALLENGE expedition and exploration of the frontiers of the deep sea. Cameron will formally donate an extreme-depth unmanned undersea exploration system known as a “lander” developed by a Scripps researcher for the expedition. Cameron last year became the first person…
June 6, 2023
Since 1954, Scripps Institution of Oceanography has set the standard for diver training at the University of California and has created opportunities for hundreds of scientific divers.
April 8, 2021
…Hall, shielded from the San Diego sun that would otherwise damage the preserved organisms, the oarfish will join the other two million fish suspended silently in their alcohol seas, a mausoleum of 140,000 jars representing more than 6,000 different marine fish species. But they’re not entombed here; these specimens are…
October 8, 2020
…of Oceanography at UC San Diego reveals the strengths and shortcomings of tsunami early warning systems as experienced in the 2010 episode. The study is representative of much of scientific research in that it does not create new prediction tools but contributes to assessing the reliability of existing methods. The…
March 21, 2019
…specifications. Photo by David Baillot. Working to Change the Future of Prosthetics Robots powered by human-like artificial muscles are still in the research and development stage, but Taylor Henderson is certain that they’ll change the future of prosthetics. Henderson is an electrical and computer engineering (ECE) master’s student in the…
