The university’s highest honor – the Revelle Medal – was awarded to three emeriti faculty for their sustained, distinguished ...

A new study from a team of researchers that includes faculty from the University of California San Diego and Princeton University shows how a mix of subsidies for clean energy and taxes on pollution ...

In humans, only two genes have been reliably linked to gut bacteria: the lactase gene, which influences milk-digesting microbes and determines whether adults can digest milk and the ABO blood‑group ...

UC San Diego scientists discover enzyme responsible for scrambling cancer genomes; results could enable new treatments for the most aggressive cancers. These images show the beginnings of ...

The new POSEIDON ion beam accelerator inside the PISCES lab at UC San Diego. Photos by David Baillot/ UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering A newly upgraded fusion research facility at the ...

$4M in new funding brings together researchers from four UC campuses and two national labs to solve fusion energy grand challenges Researchers in Prof. Farhat Beg's High Energy Density Physics lab use ...

Andrea Sawaya is paving the way for future California community college students to pursue careers in medicine Andrea Sawaya is the first student in the state to matriculate into medical school from ...

Hospitals are increasingly reliant on networked technology to access patient records and run lifesaving medical equipment. Safeguarding these systems against cyberattacks requires constant vigilance.

Astronomers found the elusive gas on Wolf 1130C but wonder why it’s not more prevalent in other brown dwarfs Schematic of the Wolf 1130ABC triple system, composed of the red dwarf star Wolf 1130A, its ...

GraMOS works by using graphene’s unique optoelectronic properties to convert light into gentle electrical cues that encourage neurons to connect and communicate. Photo Credit: Wirla Pontes Researchers ...

Genetically, humans and chimps are almost identical. Researchers at UC San Diego have now discovered a key genetic difference that may help explain what makes the human brain unique. A region of DNA ...

The UC San Diego Brian & Nancy Malk Sunset Overlook is now open, off La Jolla Shores Drive. Photos by Erik Jepsen, UC San Diego The University of California San Diego has opened the Brian & Nancy Malk ...