December 18, 2020
…CINDAQ Collaboration, innovation and technology enabled researchers to retrieve the 80-pound pelvis of a giant ground sloth, an elephant-sized animal that roamed the ancient Americas during the Ice Age. To recover the bones from their place in an underwater cave, scientists used a high-resolution, walk-in virtual reality facility called the…
November 3, 2022
World leaders, climate experts and policymakers from nearly 200 counties are preparing to descend upon the seaside city of Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt for a United Nations climate conference that kicks off next week.
June 9, 2022
…Scripps Marine Conservation and Technology Facility is focused on interdisciplinary research to maintain the integrity of ocean ecosystems and manage their use in the face of global change and the Scripps Ocean Atmosphere Research Simulator allows scientists to study the air-sea interface and simulate future ocean conditions. “This is about…
September 13, 2016
University of California Mexico Initiative symposium examines educational experiences of students who attend school on both sides of the border, seeks solutions to improve learning opportunities
August 23, 2012
…Students create and evaluate technological responses to climate change, produce biodiesel and work with sand crabs to learn about the effects of ocean acidification. Since high school science instruction in Latin America does not match national standards, programs like these are helpful for students who have demonstrated an interest in…
March 7, 2013
…nation’s most difficult scientific, technological and healthcare challenges.” At UC San Diego, for the first seven months of the 2012-2013 fiscal year (through January), federally sponsored research awards are down by 8 percent. This is likely a result of agencies anticipating sequestration and slowing their rate of spending. How the…
September 9, 2013
…of new theoretical and technological tools that will provide a better fundamental understanding of realistic atmospheric aerosols in a laboratory setting where studies of their transformations and climate properties can be carefully controlled and measured,” said Prather, Distinguished Chair in Atmospheric Chemistry at UC San Diego and director of CAICE.…
March 12, 2015
…promises to lead to “scientific/technological revolutions in the fields of electronics, optics, data storage and computation; and the “UC Collaboratory for Ethnographic Design,” headed by Elana Zilberg of the department of communication, which aims to “develop new modes of ethnographic practice adapted to current conditions and pressing matters of public…
June 4, 2015
…into international engagement and technological transfer to northern Mexico. “To solve the immense environmental challenges we face, researchers must work across disciplinary divides. Kyle has fostered a model program of how to do this,” said Stefan Tanaka, director of the Center for the Humanities. “Scientists have part of the answer,…
March 9, 2017
…monitor environmental changes through technological advancement, and improving the public’s ability to adapt to climate change consequences such as increasingly frequent heat waves and the spread of vector-borne illnesses. “These appointments represent UC San Diego’s nontraditional approach to solving the most pressing problems facing our world. We acknowledge that only…
