January 7, 2016
…this new social networked space, we need intentional and mindful instruction in social network literacy at all levels. Doing so may help level the playing field and increase access to consequential resources.” Replace petroleum-based plastics with biodegradable plastics made from algae Stephen Mayfield, professor of biology, director of the California…
April 8, 2021
…at known locations across space and time for the better part of a century, the program has the potential to broach historical samples with modern science in order to understand the scope and scale of DDT pollution in the coastal ecosystem. “CalCOFI, like other long-term monitoring programs, is perennially on…
June 1, 2017
…this new and emerging space in health care, wherever that will take me,” he said. Emilia L. Hong Overcomes Adversity to Pursue Public Office Emilia L. Hong Emilia Hong will be Eleanor Roosevelt College’s 2017 Commencement speaker, but the path to the podium for this international relations major has not…
November 16, 2023
About 30 delegates from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the School of Global Policy and Strategy will be attending the 28th Conference of the Parties, or COP28, in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
September 25, 2024
September is designated as Women in Medicine Month, and UC San Diego Health celebrates three inspiring women physicians and accomplishments.
March 7, 2013
…topics ranging from NASA spacecraft landings to electronic temporary tattoos, this event is expected to be unpredictably exciting. Dr. Steve Mayfield, professor of molecular biology at UC San Diego, will serve as moderator. Featured presenters include UC San Diego professor of structural engineering Tara Hutchinson and associate professor of bioengineering…
May 15, 2014
…1960’s in the Apollo Spacecraft. He emphasized that mobile technologies have the ability to connect the world in unimaginable ways and envisions a society where one day even the refrigerator will have the ability to warn you that you’re dehydrated. “No matter what aspect of life we look at, mobile…
January 25, 2018
…moon, the first manned spacecraft to do so. Back on Earth, Bill Jessee had a tough decision to make. He had been accepted to two medical schools: UCLA and UC San Diego. The problem was UC San Diego didn’t actually have a medical school yet. “Sure, UCLA would’ve been a…
June 15, 2017
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed new electrolytes that enable lithium batteries to run at temperatures as low as -60 degrees Celsius with excellent performance—in comparison, today’s lithium-ion batteries stop working at -20 degrees Celsius. The new electrolytes also enable electrochemical capacitors to run as cold…
January 9, 2018
University of California San Diego scientists used ultrafast lasers and supercomputers to develop a new method to probe electron charge transfer at the interface between organic semiconductors and metal surfaces. The UC San Diego research by Department of Chemistry faculty Wei Xiong and Francesco Paesani, plus two graduate students and…
