September 23, 2011
…Survey (USGS) to develop detailed, large-scale computer simulations of earthquake faults under a new $4.6 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant announced this week.
August 3, 2023
A new study from researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography uses a multidisciplinary approach to unravel the complexities of the two deadly earthquakes of nearly equal strength that struck Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6, 2023.
June 16, 2016
…is to better understand how cold-formed steel structures withstand earthquakes and the fires that may follow. This is the tallest cold-formed steel-frame structure to ever undergo tests on a shake table.
March 3, 2022
San Diego Supercomputer Center becomes a voting member represented by Computational Scientist Yifeng Cui
October 17, 2019
…Diego at Epicenter of Earthquake Research A firefighter looks on as researchers conduct fire tests on a building that has just undergone a simulated earthquake on UC San Diego's shake table. Photo by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Great California ShakeOut Earthquake Drill to be Held Today UC San Diego…
March 20, 2013
…the planet to a better understanding of volcanism and earthquakes.
August 21, 2014
The severe drought gripping the western United States in recent years is changing the landscape well beyond localized effects of water restrictions and browning lawns. Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have now discovered that the growing, broad-scale loss of water is causing the entire western…
January 7, 2022
Based on the results, documented in a NIST report, and a detailed analysis of the test data, researchers devised new limits for column slenderness, described in a paper published in the Journal of Structural Engineering last April.
October 6, 2011
…address gaps in critical earthquake information across the globe, scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have been granted $1.02 million from the National Science Foundation to develop a cutting-edge deep-ocean seismic system. With contributions from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the Cecil H. and Ida M. Green…
November 14, 2013
The biggest outdoor shake table in the world and a robot designed to move along utility lines have received Best of What’s New awards from Popular Science, the world’s largest science and technology magazine. The two projects are featured in the magazine’s December issue, now on newsstands.
