2016 UC San Diego Sustainability Awardees Announced
April 21, 2016
…and procedures that have contributed to sustainability and renewable energy on the UC San Diego campus.
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Q&A with Carlos Coimbra
February 14, 2012
…to develop the smart solar power farms of the future. He uses a network of solar observatories throughout the University of California system to harvest data for forecasting solar power output. He analyzes this data using artificial intelligence methods and a new, sophisticated type of variable order differential equations he…
5G Wireless Forum: The Promise and the Peril of Future Wireless Systems
May 28, 2015
The format for the recent 5G Forum on Next-Generation Wireless Systems and Applications, held at the University of California, San Diego, was a reflection of the two poles — the promise and the peril — that define the future of wireless technology.
Zahn Prize Competition Gives Undergraduates Opportunity, Mentoring to Launch Startups
May 24, 2013
It was standing room only at the grand opening of the Moxie Center for Undergraduate Entrepreneurship as 10 undergraduate student teams waited to see who among them would win one of three Zahn prizes, for a total of $10,000 in cash to help them bring their products to market.
TRAPPIST-1 Family of Planets: Rocky Through and Through?
January 22, 2021
Based on the precise measurements reported in this study, researchers hypothesized what mixtures of bulk ingredients could give the TRAPPIST-1 planets their densities, offering the most precise picture of exoplanet composition achieved to date.
UC San Diego Chancellor Marye Anne Fox to Step Down June 2012
July 5, 2011
Internationally renowned scientist and educator Marye Anne Fox, Chancellor of the University of California, San Diego and 2010 recipient of the National Medal of Science, among many other honors and awards, has announced that she will step down as Chancellor in June 2012 to return to teaching and research as…
New Link between Ocean Microbes and Atmosphere Uncovered
May 18, 2015
A factor that determines the properties of clouds that help moderate the planet’s temperature may be decided in the oceans.
Coronavirus Response Barely Slows Rising Carbon Dioxide
June 7, 2021
Atmospheric carbon dioxide measured at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Atmospheric Baseline Observatory peaked for 2021 in May at a monthly average of 419 parts per million (ppm), the highest level since accurate measurements began 63 years ago, Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego announced today.
New Climate Risk Classification Created to Account for Potential “Existential” Threats
September 15, 2017
A new study evaluating models of future climate scenarios has led to the creation of the new risk categories “catastrophic” and “unknown” to characterize the range of threats posed by rapid global warming. Researchers propose that unknown risks imply existential threats to the survival of humanity.
Paving a Road on the Moon
July 3, 2024
A team of aerospace engineering students from the University of California San Diego was one of 12 student teams selected from around the country as finalists in NASA’s Human Lander Challenge. The goal? To come up with the best solution to manage the lunar dust a spacecraft kicks up when…
