April 10, 2012
…to a mixture of milk, sugar, heavy cream, and other flavoring ingredients, to create a savory and scientific “dry ice cream” treat. Dry ice cream experiment | Photos by Alan Decker The department of cognitive science had a Lego Mindstorms robot and other displays to illustrate how the department works…
May 5, 2022
…startups ready to change humanity’s relationship with the world. The Triton Innovation Challenge is a business competition focused on fostering creativity and drawing attention to commercially promising, environmentally minded technologies generated by students, faculty and staff from UC San Diego. Hosted by Jacobs, Rady and Scripps, it’s made possible by…
December 15, 2022
As we look forward to the upcoming new year, UC San Diego Today invites readers to take a look back at some milestones from 2022.
October 31, 2013
…a better future for humankind and our world. Other activities that are part of Founders’ Celebration at UC San Diego include: November 12, 2013: Faculty Research Award Lecture 4:30 reception, 5 p.m. lecture in the UC San Diego Faculty Club, featuring Michael Parrish, professor of history in the Division of…
July 17, 2020
Astronomers in UC San Diego’s Cool Star Lab, directed by Adam Burgasser, have contributed to the discovery of two unusual brown dwarfs containing atypical amounts of heavy elements in their atmospheres.
July 27, 2023
Is there life on other planets? What happened in the earliest days of the universe? What is the nature of dark matter? These are just a few of the grand questions being tackled by the University of California San Diego’s newly formed Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
February 17, 2021
Leading scientific and medical experts, including researchers from the University of California San Diego, are calling upon the Biden Administration to take immediate action to address inhalation exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus as a cornerstone of the COVID-19 pandemic response.
August 18, 2020
A new discovery by a Backyard Worlds team of citizen scientists and international astrophysicists, including researchers from UC San Diego, shows that about 100 cool brown dwarfs, never before observed, are in residence in the solar community.
November 18, 2021
…UC San Diego. The Milken Institute identified UC San Diego among the top five in the nation for startup creation Technologies invented by UC San Diego are being put into practice by companies in 30 states across the U.S. More than 30,000 jobs and billions of dollars in sales are…
June 10, 2024
A team of astronomers, led by Adam Burgasser, and citizen scientists have discovered a rare hypervelocity L subdwarf star racing through the Milky Way. More remarkably, this star may be on a trajectory that causes it to leave the Milky Way altogether.
