Most California cannabis users seek symptom relief; few ask their doctors for advice. This and other trends suggest a need ...

The majority of the earth’s plant species, including our crop plants, rely on the services of animal pollinators in order to ...

Still, their interest was piqued during an engineering seminar course when a material scientist froze a racquetball with ...

Sustainable materials—powered by sunlight and living microbes—that remove pollutants from water, release oxygen into a wound or heal themselves after damage could become simpler to create thanks to ...

Eyewitness misidentifications have long been a source of wrongful convictions, casting doubt on the reliability of memory in the courtroom. But UC San Diego psychologist John Wixted says the story ...

How do humans and animals make decisions? Researchers deployed AI in innovative ways to understand this process. By using tiny artificial neural networks, the researchers’ work illuminates in detail ...

For some, being told you can’t or shouldn’t do something can serve as motivation to prove the naysayers wrong. When the San Diego State University / University of California San Diego Joint Doctoral ...

The intricate, hidden processes that sustain coral life are being revealed through a new microscope developed by scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The diver-operated ...

Robert C. Dynes, University of California President Emeritus and former Chancellor of the University of California San Diego, died on June 30, 2025. He was 82. Dynes served as UC President from 2003 ...

The University of California San Diego celebrated the ceremonial ribbon cutting and opening of the new Viterbi Family Vision Research Center at Shiley Eye Institute on June 11, marking a significant ...

UC San Diego Assistant Professor Matthew Lovett-Barron has been selected to receive a 2025 McKnight Scholar Award, one of the most prestigious awards for junior neuroscience faculty members.

UC San Diego electrical and computer engineering Ph.D. alumnus Jeongho Ha (center) is part of a team that developed the first photonic devices that are both highly sensitive and robust. Ha is a ...