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Discovering the Magic Number of Earth Ice Molecules

November 18, 2019

An international team of researchers, including scientists from UC San Diego, identified the number of molecules it takes to turn water into ice, solving a decades-old chemistry mystery.

Artificial Intelligence Tool Predicts Life Expectancy in Heart Failure Patients

November 13, 2019

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, as well as a diverse team of cardiologists and physicists, developed a machine learning algorithm to predict the life expectancy in heart failure patients.

Quantitative Biology Opens Trail to Ecological Exploration, Evolutionary Prediction

November 6, 2019

Scientists thought they knew everything there was to know about how and why bacterial cells moved around, but back-to-back articles in Nature by UC San Diego’s Terence Hwa reveal how little they understood bacteria movement en masse.

Astronomers Catch Wind Rushing Out of Galaxy

October 30, 2019

Researchers from UC San Diego and Rhodes College find direct evidence for the first time of the role of galactic winds in creating the circumgalactic medium.

Riding the Third Wave of AI without Quantum Computing

October 22, 2019

UC San Diego Theoretical Physicist Max Di Ventra is catching the next wave of cutting-edge AI with an alternative platform he calls “memcomputing,” which doesn’t require quantum capabilities.

SDSC Launches Open-Source ‘SeedMeLab’

October 14, 2019

Researchers at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego have launched an open-source software called SeedMeLab, which provides a host of features for researchers across all disciplines to manage and disseminate their data.

Supercomputer Simulations Help Optimize Floating Wind Farms

September 18, 2019

Researchers used SDSC's Comet supercomputer to better understand the wake effects of large floating wind farm arrays, which have become more prevalent in recent years.

Exploding Shells Boost Immune Response to Brain Cancer

September 17, 2019

Researchers at the University of California San Diego figured out a way to combine FDA-approved ultrasound with engineered glass particles to boost the effectiveness of immunotherapy in glioblastomas.

Wired to Think

September 16, 2019

UC San Diego neurophysics research supplies a blueprint for a future generation of electrode sensors that utilizes existing yet nontraditional materials and fabrication procedures to record electrical signals from every neuron in the cortex of the brain—at the same time.

NSF Awards SDSC and Partners $5.9 Million to Host EarthCube Office

September 3, 2019

The NSF has awarded SDSC and its partners a three-year, $5.9 million grant to host the EarthCube Office as part of the ongoing NSF-funded EarthCube program.
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