May 26, 2016
Not all habits are bad. Some are even necessary. But inability to switch from acting habitually to acting in a deliberate way can underlie addiction and obsessive compulsive disorders. Working with a mouse model, an international team of researchers demonstrates what happens in the brain for habits to control behavior
July 23, 2020
…pandemic that had UC San Diego researchers racing to understand the complexities around the virus’s spread and to find ways to combat it, engineers and fabrication specialists at the Qualcomm Institute’s Prototyping Lab leapt into action. Vacuum exhaused isolation lockers, or VEILs, produced in the Prototyping Lab are ready to…
February 7, 2013
…in engineering The UC San Diego chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers demonstrated some culinary magic at the organizational fair, combining dry ice with cream and sugar to make homemade ice cream. Photos by Erika Johnson, cover photo by Renn Darawali Equipped with circuit wires, small motors, batteries…
February 28, 2013
Intercontinental Rainmakers UC San Diego researchers find that aerosols from one side of the world influence rainfall in another The rain and snow that fall in the Sierra Nevada get their initial spur half a world away, according to a team of researchers led by UC San Diego climate scientists.…
December 7, 2017
…the University of California San Diego have developed a smartphone case and app that will make it easier for patients to record and track their blood glucose readings, whether they’re at home or on the go. Currently, checking blood sugar levels can be a hassle for people with diabetes, especially…
June 8, 2017
…where the technology of circuits is used to create art in the form of music and games. Summer Programs at Sally Ride Science Designed to Inspire Youth Scripps Oceanography researchers and grad students to serve as instructors, mentors for summer classes Pirate Science. Slimy Sea Creatures. Music of Earthquakes. Based…
May 16, 2017
Reducing ‘computational sprawl’ with brain-inspired computing and re-thinking computing architecture from the ground up were two of many far-reaching ideas proposed at the eighth annual Non-Volatile Memories Workshop.
April 16, 2020
…fourth year of UC San Diego School of Medicine’s Medical Scientist Training Program in which she is concurrently working toward both an M.D. and Ph.D. in neuroscience. She is conducting her thesis research at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in the lab of Edward Callaway, who is also adjunct…
March 17, 2022
…its programming at UC San Diego and beyond Amid the growing social justice movement in the summer of 2020, many graduate programs issued mission statements for equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI). But as Gene Yeo, a professor of cellular and molecular medicine at UC San Diego School of Medicine, met…
May 21, 2020
…COVID-19 pandemic, many UC San Diego students have found creative ways to stay involved with the campus and give back. Whether living at home or on campus, students have been demonstrating creativity and gratitude in the wake of the pandemic. They are also exploring new hobbies and using this period…
