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Putting a Dent in Food Waste
UC San Diego undergraduates receive Lemelson-MIT Prize for novel technology 

Working ‘a Latte’ to Achieve Quantum Computing
UC San Diego scientists try brewing the right formula for brain-like efficiency

Supercomputer Simulations Show Black Holes and Their Magnetic Bubbles
University of California and Princeton scientists collaborate on computational astrophysics project

Physics Professor Honored with Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award
Graduate student also earns teaching award bringing department’s total to eight in six years

UC San Diego Announces Margaret Burbidge Visiting Professorship
Heising-Simons Foundation helps boost participation of women scientists as part of new initiative in the Division of Physical Sciences

Scientists Observe Rare Decay Process in the Universe
Kaixuan Ni’s group contributed to the study that directly measured nuclear decay a trillion times older than the universe for the first time.

Alumna Writes Story Featured in NYT Magazine
Physical sciences alumna Mallory Picket is a journalist in Los Angeles who writes about science, the environment and technology. Her recent article draws attention to marginalization, hostility in scientific institutions.

Taking a Bite Out of the Flu
The Department of Energy’s Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research’s ASCR Discovery ran an article in its April edition titled, “Biting back at the flu bug.” Professor Rommie Amaro in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is featured. Professor Andrew McCammon is referenced, too.

The Mysterious Life of a Neutron
Bartosz Fornal, a theoretical physicist in UC San Diego’s Department of Physics, helped propose what’s now a leading idea among physicists—that neutrons might occasionally decay into dark matter. The search for proof continues as reported in Nature.

Chemical Biology Professor Named Guggenheim Fellow
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry’s Neal Devaraj has added another esteemed award to his list. This time it’s a 2019 Guggenheim Fellowship.