Monster stories give us a safe way to engage with fears we can’t always put into words. Sometimes you read the news and think ...

A 10-story cold-formed steel-framed building will soon be put to the test on an earthquake simulator at the University of California San Diego to see how well it can withstand earthquakes. The UC San ...

The Simons Foundation has provided more than $142 million to UC San Diego to advance basic science research and establish the Simons Observatory in Chile James “Jim” Simons, co-founder of the Simons ...

This article originally appeared in the spring 2024 issue of UC San Diego Magazine as “Home Base.” This is the former U.S. Marine Corps base Camp Matthews. Over a million recruits were trained here ...

Limited edition, vintage-inspired UC San Diego merch arrives Nov. 6 Our Triton spirit shines at the annual Battle of the Kings, where students don golden crowns and beards to cheer for the men’s water ...

“I am attracted to doing something useful,” says bioengineer and inventor Bernhard Palsson. “That’s a big driver — making something happen.” On paper, Bernhard Palsson builds computer models. In ...

Team 619°, composed of UC San Diego and San Diego State University students Aadi Beri, Alex Ziao, Juee Deshmukh, Tue Tan and Adelina Martinez, took home the first place prize. Their creation, ...

Researchers analyzed substance use patterns among 11,880 U.S. youth participating in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study from ages 9 to 17. Alcohol, cannabis a ...

Six UC San Diego researchers have been named Senior Members by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) in 2026. Clockwise from top left: Omar Akbari, Brian P. Head, Abdoulaye Ndao, Yunde Zhao, Edward ...

Jeff Tully, MD, has been named the inaugural chair holder of the Sheldon Furst Endowed Chair in Anesthesiology, the first of its kind to be established in the Department of Anesthesiology For Sheldon ...

The tests will take place this spring at the UC San Diego NSF-funded outdoor shake table, now one of the two largest shake tables in the world. The Tallwood project will put to the test a 10-story, ...

The two-year treatment targeting protein production by disease-causing mutations dramatically reduced seizures and sparked ...