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Birch Aquarium Releases 223 Endangered Frogs Back Into the Wild
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (432+ words) The release marks another milestone in a collaborative effort to save the Mountain Yellow-legged Frog. This summer, Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego released 223 Mountain Yellow-legged Frogs into their native habitat in Southern California’s San…...
Surf’s Up: How the Seafloor Shapes Breaking Waves
1+ week, 3+ day ago (273+ words) New study reveals how seafloor slope and wave height shape breaking waves and the turbulence that moves sand along the coast A new study spearheaded by surfing scientists with Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego revealed the physical…...
Breakthrough Helps Expand Genetic Alphabet
1+ week, 4+ day ago (359+ words) UC San Diego Today Breakthrough Helps Expand Genetic Alphabet - Researchers showed that the enzyme RNA polymerase can accurately read and transcribe an expanded, eight-letter genetic alphabet, not just DNA’s natural four-letter code. - Using high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy, the team revealed how…...
Strengthening America’s AI Ecosystem with the Launch of the NSF NAIRR Operations Center
1+ week, 5+ day ago (418+ words) The San Diego Supercomputer Center will lead the NAIRR Operations Center in collaboration with the Texas Advanced Computing Center – accelerating discovery, workforce development and innovation nationwide. SDSC will lead the NAIRR-OC in collaboration with the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC)…...
UC San Diego Receives Up To $11.3 Million to Develop Smarter Red Blood Cells
1+ week, 6+ day ago (280+ words) The ambitious project could allow scientists to temporarily improve human performance using redesigned red blood cells, with applications in both the military and in civilian medicine Oxygen plays a crucial role in the body’s energy production. By temporarily enhancing oxygen…...
Researchers Use AI to Decode Key DNA Sequence in Gene Activation
3+ week, 1+ day ago (200+ words) Machine learning unlocks identity of the ‘initiator’ and opens new predictions of DNA mutations that cause disease To fully understand specific sequences within DNA that enable gene activation, researchers in University of California San Diego Professor James T. Kadonaga’s laboratory…...
UC San Diego Receives Department of Energy Genesis Mission Award to Fund New Scientific AI Tools
3+ week, 2+ day ago (188+ words) University of California San Diego researchers will lead one of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) new Genesis Mission projects focused on accelerating fundamental physics and quantum computing by deploying intelligent AI agents. In addition to this project, Li and several…...
This Thin Device Can Store Energy, Strengthen Structures and Be Recycled
3+ week, 2+ day ago (386+ words) Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new type of supercapacitor that can do more than store electricity — it can also provide structural support and be quickly disassembled into reusable parts. The advance was published in…...
Resetting the Clock on Discovery
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1183+ words) Artificial intelligence accelerates drug innovation at UC San Diego. This story is from the 2026 issue of Discoveries, a UC San Diego Health Sciences magazine. Not long ago, discovering a new drug followed a familiar, painstaking arc. Scientists would spend years…...
Brett Schuhler: In Medicine and In Motion
3+ week, 3+ day ago (118+ words) Doctor-in-training jumps to the top. This story is from the 2026 issue of Discoveries, a UC San Diego Health Sciences magazine. A version of the story also appeared online in “A Year to Explore Something New.” For first-year medical student Brett…...