April 4, 2013
…by the levels of energy and enthusiasm during the president’s speech and in the community afterwards. “The president’s initiative is charting the next frontier of science,” Khosla said, “and UC San Diego is poised and ready to help our country lead the way. Neuroscience, biology, and cognitive science are among…
February 6, 2020
…in climate and clean energy. “GPI is a successful instrument and has been a workhorse,” said Konopacky, who described it as a sophisticated camera that goes on the back of a telescope, which basically is a big piece of glass used to collect light. “It’s the eyes of the people…
March 28, 2023
The UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute’s Nano3 facility recently received funding from the National Science Foundation to establish a nanotechnology workforce training program for veterans.
April 4, 2013
…health monitoring, fire-fighting robots, solar forecasting, video games designed to teach computer programming, new materials for protecting soldiers from blasts, and much more. Photo by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications “Solving the world’s most pressing and complex challenges–in the realms of health, energy, information technology and other disciplines–requires research teams…
April 2, 2015
…includes hands-on lessons about solar power, water evaporation, irrigation, energy efficiency and insulation. More importantly, though, girls learn about effort, collaboration, perseverance, and resilience. “We want the girls to learn that being a scientist or an engineer isn’t easy, but it is important and fun, and well within their reach,”…
August 4, 2022
…that better integrates renewable energy into power grids and $11.2 million in funds from the Department of Defense’s Office of Naval Research to support advanced computing, instrumentation, and laboratory facilities aboard the oceanographic research vessels operated by Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Both represent multiyear grants that have received steady funding.…
April 18, 2019
…making renewable fuels from solar energy to intersectional approaches of theatrical storytelling. Coming in second place was Joanna Wang of Materials Science and Engineering with “Using Color to Fight Infection,” while third place went to Emily Pierce of Biological Sciences for “The War and Peace of Cheese.” (See video of…
June 13, 2024
This month, NASA astronaut Kate Rubins ‘99 visited UC San Diego to participate in a panel discussion alongside renowned leaders in space technology and health. The symposium offered insights into how research conducted in space can be translated into applications that keep humans healthy on earth.
October 26, 2022
UC San Diego has been selected to join the Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship, a program of Schmidt Futures, to accelerate the next scientific revolution by applying AI to research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
November 3, 2016
…affordability and make clean energy more sustainable in rural areas,” said study corresponding author Nithya Ramanathan, president and co-founder of the Los Angeles company Nexleaf Analytics, which developed the sensors installed in participating households. “It’s a bottom-up approach where we’re saying, let’s get the money to the women who are…
