November 1, 2018
November 1, 2018 —
The Hawaiian Supreme Court ruled Oct. 30 to support the construction permit of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) atop Mauna Kea. According to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, the telescope would be the biggest and most expensive in the Northern Hemisphere. It would also be one of three huge prospective telescopes that could transform astronomy in the 21st century. UC San Diego astrophysicist Shelley Wright is the Project Scientist for TMT’s first light instrument, IRIS.
November 1, 2018
November 1, 2018 —
A Homecoming like no other—Oct 19-21 was a weekend to remember. UC San Diego came alive as alumni, students, family, friends and community members took in all that campus has to offer, and more. Between thrilling sports, lively discussion and laid-back tunes, more than 3,000 guests came out to experience a remarkable roster of 30+ events, reunions and campus attractions that captured the spirit of UC San Diego.
November 1, 2018
November 1, 2018 —
Passed in 2016 and intended to both save money and improve voting flexibility, the California Voter’s Choice Act changes how, where and when Californians vote. The question on researchers’ and policymakers’ minds: Will the changes make for the largest and most diverse electorate yet, or will they have the opposite effect?
November 1, 2018
November 1, 2018 —
As a scientist who observes distant galaxies and black holes both far and near, Shelley Wright noticed an important gap in space—right on the grounds of the University of California San Diego. A proponent of teaching and training students through the observation of the night sky, Wright realized that it was time the university featured its own portable planetarium.
November 1, 2018
November 1, 2018 —
As the highly anticipated 2018 primaries near, political science professor Lauren Prather has found that Americans increasingly distrust elections. Previous research has shown that domestic issues such as gerrymandering, campaign finance and voter ID laws contribute to the trend; Prather’s study, however, is the first to look at how foreign actors trying to sway elections affects the psychology of voters. The consequences may be worse than you think.
November 1, 2018
November 1, 2018 —
Is investing in nuclear energy key to mitigating climate change? Is voter fraud as common as alien abductions? And, who will be the winners and losers from the U.S. trade wars?
October 31, 2018
October 31, 2018 —
Security researchers at UC San Diego and Stanford have discovered four new ways to expose Internet users’ browsing histories. These techniques could be used by hackers to learn which websites users have visited as they surf the web.
October 31, 2018
October 31, 2018 —
For each of the past 25 years, oceans have absorbed an amount of heat energy that is 150 times the energy humans produce as electricity annually, according to a study led by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and Princeton University.
October 31, 2018
October 31, 2018 —
New research shows for the first time how the changing climate in Asia, from 5,000 to 1,000 years ago, transformed people’s ability to produce food in particular places. The computer model simulates crop failures and enables the co-authors to get at the causes of some dramatic historic and cultural changes.
October 31, 2018
October 31, 2018 —
A new study shows that even if fishers in the Gulf of California used the most efficient and sustainable known practices, most wouldn't generate enough revenue to maintain a living above poverty level.
