52+ min ago  (537+ words) Scripps Oceanography-led research effort detected signs of cliff failure hours to days before collapse Roughly 70% of the California coast is made up of eroding coastal cliffs. These cliffs are home to important infrastructure like highways, railways, coastal access points, energy…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (372+ words) An Australian bushfire served as a precious test case With an anticipated'super" El Ni'o looming, a new study led by UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography considers whether society could use a weather-altering technique as a tool to mitigate…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (461+ words) For the first time, two teleoperated humanoid robots have been used to complete two surgeries during a preclinical trial, researchers report in the July 8 issue of the journal Nature. The work is the result of a collaboration between a team…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (396+ words) Researchers observe the first known case of an "escape pod" mechanism in bacterial communities previously linked to ocean animals Popular science fiction is no stranger to escape pod scenarios, typically featuring characters who narrowly avoid their demise by jettisoning from…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (630+ words) Funding of $1. 8 million from Google's philanthropic arm, Google. org, will help support the University of California San Diego's Societal Computing and Innovation Lab (SCIL) and its Wildfire Science and Technology Commons, a collaborative platform designed to accelerate the development of…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (168+ words) New institute will partner with six schools and UC San Diego Health to accelerate the delivery of data-driven, equitable health care "This institute reflects UC San Diego's enduring commitment to innovation without boundaries," said UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep Khosla....

1+ week, 11+ hour ago  (270+ words) New research shows not all bacteria behave the same as E. coli E. coli grow as fast as conditions allow " sometimes doubling every 20 minutes " so even in adverse conditions, the bacteria continue to multiply as quickly as possible. From an evolutionary point…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago  (232+ words) As Mexico City prepared for the surge of international visitors expected during the FIFA World Cup, developers behind an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tourism assistant turned to the University of California San Diego Hal'c'o'lu School of Data Science and Computing…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (582+ words) International team identifies disrupted neural circuits behind the disorder, then applies cutting-edge technique to restore more normal brain activity and improve movement University of California San Diego neurobiologists, working with scientists in Germany, identified and tracked neurons involved in Huntington's…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (439+ words) A new approach to battery recycling could turn today's electric vehicle waste into the building blocks of tomorrow's higher-performing batteries. The findings were published in Joule. Chen's lab had previously developed an eco-friendly method to restore spent LFP back into…...