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Fine Details
June 2009
Scripps researchers tackle the holy grail of climate change modeling. What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens on the way there is a different story. As imaged by Lynn Russell, a professor of atmospheric chemistry at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, and her team, air blown by winds between San Diego and Las Vegas gives the road to Sin City a distinctive look.
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Scientists From Across the
Globe Warn of Drastic Water Shortages
May 2009
Melting glaciers, weakening monsoon rains, less mountain snowpack and other effects of a warmer climate will lead to significant disruptions in the supply of water to highly populated regions of the world, especially near the Himalayas in Asia and the Sierra Nevada Mountains of the western United States, according to an international group of scientists who met for three days at the University of California, San Diego.
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Birth of an Ocean
May 2009
Scripps scientists explore the Sea of Cortez to uncover its rich geological history and new ocean crust emerging from the seafloor
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San Diego's Newest Green Industry: Algal Biofuels
May 2009
The San Diego region, home to more than 500 biotechnology companies, is poised to become a “Green Houston,” as world renowned geneticists, biologists, and engineers at UC San Diego, The Scripps Research Institute and other local research institutions join with their industry counterparts in a broad-scale research effort to develop advanced transportation fuels from algae.
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Life Behind Bars
April 2009
Marine biologists employ genetic barcoding in the quest to positively identify fish species
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Carbonated Oceans
April 2009
As carbon dioxide is pumped into the atmosphere, about one-third of the excess is taken up by the oceans, where it converts to an acidic form with potentially dangerous ecosystem consequences.
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Music Center Draws Curtain on New Era for Music Department, Campus
April 2009
On a recent Tuesday morning, the sound of a piano soared in the Conrad Prebys Music Center, rising along the venue’s triangle-shaped, wood-paneled walls and ceiling. Graduate student William Fried was performing "Feux d'Artifice" by French master Claude Debussy.
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San Diego Science Festival Ends on a High Note for UC San Diego
April 2009
When a capacity crowd of more than 50,000 people flocked to Balboa Park on April 4 for what organizers are calling “the largest one-day science gathering ever in the United States.,” UC San Diego faculty, staff and students were among the many exhibitors and visitors contributing to the landmark event.
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Take A Nap! Change Your Life
April 2009
Next time you feel tired and sleepy during the day and want to buy some coffee, think again. UC San Diego sleep scientist Sara Mednick says you would be better off taking a nap instead.
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A Step Ahead of the Next 'Big One'
March 2009
The 1906 earthquake that devastated San Francisco marked a famous moment in history, but it was a relatively anonymous quake some 50 years prior that showed just how much energy California's faults can disperse.
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Safer Nanoparticles SpotlightTumors, Deliver Drugs
February 2009
Small is promising when it comes to illuminating tiny tumors or precisely delivering drugs, but many worry about the safety of nano-scale materials. Now a team of scientists has created miniscule flakes of silicon that glow brightly, last long enough to slowly release cancer drugs, then break down into harmless by-products.
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Can Ultrafast Signal Processing
Reach 1 Terabit Per Second?
January 2009
Electrical engineers at the University of California, San Diego have achieved world-record speeds for real-time signal processing in an effort to meet ambitious goals set by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop the first Terabit-scale technology for optical processing.
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High School Students Take
a Walk on the Wilder Side of Science
December 2008
More than 120 high school students from all over San Diego County took part Thursday evening in Science Gone Wild!, an outreach event organized by UCSD’s BioBridge program and the Hughes Scholars Program.
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Green Bullet
December 2008
Scientists take aim with tiny algae and their giant promise as the biofuel solution of the future.
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Calit2’s Nano3 Lab Brings
Cutting-Edge Cleanroom Facilities
December 2008
Sometimes it pays to think small. Researchers at UC San Diego's Nano3 Lab are out to prove that nanostructures — objects one million times smaller than the diameter of a human hair — can have a giant impact on science, technology, medicine and the economy.
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Coastal Bluff Erosion Study
December 2008
The cliffs along the San Diego coastline are more than just fodder for picture postcards — a number of residential homes sit perched atop them, and in certain areas, the railroad tracks that serve Amtrak and County Coaster come within several feet of the cliff edge.
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Rising Tide
November 2008
It's not the extra few feet of water that make sea level rise so dangerous. It's the extra few feet during a storm during El Niño during high tide, say researchers.
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King Solomon's (Copper) Mines?
October 2008
Deep dig finds confluence of science and the Bible
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Buried at Sea
September 2008
Scripps researchers are studying CO2 sequestration
to determine if it's a viable solution to combat global warming.
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The Origins of Slime
September 2008
Scripps graduate student investigates cause
of mucilage outbreaks in her native Adriatic waters.
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Bringing Out the Scientist in Students
September 2008
UC San Diego has launched a new and innovative
program that pairs high school teachers with graduate students.
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Our First Sip of Seawater
July - August 2008
Scripps researchers race to make
desalination eco-friendly while there's still time.
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Heading Due South
June 2008
Scripps researchers gather geomagnetic signs to determine
if Earth's magnetic field is currently headed toward a complete reversal.
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Surfing to Academic Success
June 2008
Physics of surfing class introduces students to research.
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Campus Celebrates Opening
of Price Center Expansion with Launch Party
May 2008
Students have more room to eat and study. They are now able to shop for groceries right on campus. New restaurants and a night club are set to open later this year.
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The Beach of the Future
May 2008
Building upon a legacy of coastal science at Scripps, high-tech tools are opening new avenues for researchers to track sand movements and further explain beach systems.
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Treatment of Severe Blood Loss: Less Is More
April 2008
Intravenous administration of isotonic fluids is the standard emergency treatment in the U.S. for patients with severe blood loss, but UC San Diego bioengineering researchers have reported improved resuscitation with a radically different approach.
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Welcome to the New Normal
April 2008
Scripps Oceanography research suggests that climate change will require a complete rethinking of water delivery systems in the West. That'll be step one.
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Cycling to the Top
March 2008
Anna Lang is a doctoral candidate at the Jacobs School of Engineering who has dedicated herself to elite-level cycling for three years and become one of the fastest female sprinters in the country.
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Earth's Outlook from Above
March 2008
Fifty years after Sputnik, satellites peering down on Earth have become the most valuable scientific tool to study the global environment and offer much needed insight into the future of our planet.
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Saving the Tijuana Estuary
February 2008
The estuary stands as the last barrier between the Pacific Ocean and pollution.
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Deeply Connected
February 2008
Scripps scientists explore Earth's final frontier.
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To Lower Energy Costs, Students Install
Unique Weather-Monitoring System at UCSD
December 2007
UC San Diego undergraduate students have designed, built and deployed a network of five weather-monitoring stations as a key step toward helping the university use ocean breezes to cool buildings, identify the sunniest rooftops to expand its solar-electric system, and use water more efficiently in irrigation and in other ways.
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Computer Vision: Faction and Fiction in Film
December 2007
This educational DVD represents an effort to inspire young people to explore and discover the often misunderstood field of Computer Vision.
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The (Ralph) Keeling Curve
December 2007
After two decades watching atmospheric oxygen levels drop, a Scripps researcher's conclusions about climate could leave one feeling light-headed.
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The Shaky Future of the Salton Sea
November 2007
A former desert oasis faces environmental challenges, a water crisis and someday the Big One. Why we can't let the sun go down on the Salton Sea.
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Teams In Engineering Service
October 2007
Teams In Engineering Service is an innovative service-learning academic program putting UCSD undergraduates and their technical and creative skills to work for San Diego non-profit organizations.
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Emperors of the Extreme
October 2007
Emperor penguins can flourish in locales where few other animals roam. But scientists now wonder if they adapt to a new threat: climate change.
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A New World View
September 2007
A network devoted to recording the state of the oceans is nearing its full complement. Will it remain intact as its decades-long mission begins?
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Obesity Is ‘Socially Contagious,’ Study Finds
July 2007
Finding that the obesity epidemic is spreading from person to person through close social ties.
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Paradise Redefined - Part 2
July 2007
A journey to a coral reef chain hidden in the Central Pacific forces scientists to revisit the definition of a pristine environment.
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Paradise Redefined - Part 1
June 2007
A journey to a coral reef chain hidden in the Central Pacific forces scientists to revisit the definition of a pristine environment.
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Calit2 Gizmo network Truck
May 2007
Gizmo is a remote-controlled toy monster truck which has been tricked out by Calit2 UCSD researchers.
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Contestants Square Off to See Whose
Scrap Boxcar is Fastest, Most Creative
May 2007
Andrew Chan, Daniel Leu and Vincent Bantigue talk about their attempt to win the 2007 Triton Junkyard Derby.
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The Greenhouse Effect
May 2007
Developed for the Birch Aquarium at Scripps. The Greenhouse Effect provides a quick view of the impact that global warming has on our planet.
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The Cloudmakers
May 2007
Biological activity in the oceans might make the difference between clear skies and cloudy, Scripps researchers say.
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CSE 125 Video Game Course
May 2007
The goal of CSE 125 is to experience the design and implementation of a large, complex software system in large groups.
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UCSD Shakes up Learning for Elementary Schools
March 2007
Sixth-grade students from Carmel Del Mar Elementary School shrieked with unabashed amazement about 2 p.m. Tuesday at a UC San Diego earthquake-safety research complex eight miles east of campus.
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Slippery Slope
March 2007
Scripps geophysicists develop
technologies for monitoring underwater landslides.
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Saving Venice
March 2007
The historic city calls upon Scripps and a multifaceted team of experts to help decipher the mysteries lying beneath its waters.
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From Holy Land to Holy Land
March 2007
San Diegans are getting a chance to travel back in time to the Middle East in pre-Biblical times, some 6,000 years ago.
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History's Warning
February 2007
An ancient global warming episode drastically changed the planet. Life on Earth needed 200,000 years to recover. What we're headed for in the next century could be even bigger.
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Assessing Coral Populations
December 2006
From Explorations Magazine 2004, Scientists give a closer look at assessing coral populations.
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Investigating Coral Disease
December 2006
From Explorations Magazine 2004, Scientists investigate coral disease.
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Investigating Marine Pollution
December 2006
From Explorations Magazine 2002, Scientists investigate marine pollution.
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Raising Moonjellies
December 2006
The process at Birch Aquarium at Scripps of Raising Moonjellies.
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Life in the Sea
November 2006
A rare look at some of the most fascinating images of Life in the Sea.
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Living Among Penguins
November 2006
A fascinating adventure of Life with the Penguins.
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