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Staying in the Loop: How Superconductors are Helping Computers “Remember”

March 13, 2024

To advance neuromorphic computing, some researchers are looking at analog improvements—advancing not just software, but hardware too. Research from the UC San Diego and UC Riverside shows a promising new way to store and transmit information using disordered superconducting loops.

UC San Diego-Led Science Teams Selected as Finalists for NASA Science Missions to Understand Our Changing Climate

May 14, 2024

Two teams led by scientists from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography are among four selected by NASA to put forward concept studies for future satellite missions to help better understand how our planet is responding to climate change.

UC San Diego Students Receive Financial Aid. Are You Getting Yours?

February 22, 2012

…online tools and search engines to help students find scholarships offered by companies, unions, trade associations, religious organizations, service groups, foundations, clubs, community organizations and other private sources. In addition, UC San Diego offers undergraduate research scholarships and study abroad scholarships to help continuing students expand their education. Ranked one…

Congressmen Praise ‘Innovation Ecosystem’ of Campus Entrepreneurs During Visit

November 19, 2015

…work—designing and producing rocket engines and other parts using 3D printers—and the student-loan burdens that could threaten their chances for success. Paul Roben, Associate Vice Chancellor for Innovation and Commercialization Rep. Swalwell heard the message. “We’ve learned that student loan debt is affecting a whole generation, from being able to…

Astrophysicist Steven Boggs Named Dean of Division of Physical Sciences

January 12, 2017

…supernovae are the dominant engines of evolution in the universe—controlling the production of the elements making up the world around us, the internal structure of galaxies and the acceleration of cosmic rays.” “We are really lucky to have Steve coming to UC San Diego and CASS,” said George Fuller, a…

Celebrating Nontradition From Coast to Coast

October 26, 2017

…to 3-D printed rocket engines. With support from The Basement, a UC San Diego incubator and accelerator, these projects give students the opportunity to cultivate their entrepreneurial skills. An artist and expert in Google’s Tilt Brush paints a UC San Diego of the future in virtual reality, then turns the…

Big Data Sharing for Better Health

October 10, 2014

Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have been awarded a $9.2 million grant to help modernize and transform how researchers share, use, find and cite biomedical datasets.

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.

UC San Diego Receives $35 Million in State Funding for New California Coastal Research Vessel

July 23, 2021

California legislators have allocated UC San Diego $35 million to design and build a new coastal research vessel with a first-of-its-kind hydrogen-hybrid propulsion system. The new vessel will be operated by Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Sweet! How Glycogen is Linked to Heat Generation in Fat Cells

October 27, 2021

University of California San Diego researchers, with international colleagues, describe how energy expenditure and heat production are regulated in obesity through a previously unknown cellular pathway.

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