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The Division of Physical Sciences is committed to sharing information about its administration, academics, outreach and research—from people to their changemaking activities—with a full-service news and multimedia team. From writing stories and media training, to coordinating press interviews and posting social media news, we cover the physical sciences around the clock, year-round.
For a complete list of news items, see our News Archive below.
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Breakthrough with Quantum Materials Pushes Biologically Inspired Learning Devices |
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Akif Tezcan Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship |
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Neal Devaraj Appointed as Goodman Chair Based on the recommendation of an ad hoc committee composed of distinguished and chaired faculty, Professor Neal Devaraj has been appointed as the Murray Goodman Endowed Chair in Chemistry and Biochemistry for a three-year term. |
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New Blueprint of Brain Connections Reveals Extensive Reach of Central Regulator UC San Diego researchers have generated a new map of brain connectivity from a part of the brain called the basal ganglia, a hub for regulating motor and behavior functions. The breadth of connections revealed could potentially open avenues for intervention of Parkinson’s disease and other disorders. |
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Graduate Student Honored by Astronomical and Physical Societies Physics graduate student Christian Aganze has won the 2020 Beth Brown Memorial Award for his discovery of new and distant brown dwarfs in the Milky Way galaxy. Aganze was honored at the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP) conference with the Best Graduate Student Poster Presentation. |
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Artificial Neuron Device Could Shrink Energy Use and Size of Neural Network Hardware Physicist Ivan Schuller and the DOE Energy Frontier Research Center collaborate on project to power new nanometer-sized artificial neuron devices. |
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Peter Ebenfelt Awarded Bergman Prize from AMS Math Professor Peter Ebenfelt has been awarded the Stefan Bergman Prize, an American Mathematical Society award that recognizes mathematical accomplishments in the theory of the kernel function and its applications in real and complex analysis. |
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Behind the Gordon Bell Prize-Winning Spike Protein Simulations COVID-19 a year later: It’s been more than a year since Rommie Amaro and her co-authors published the first atomic-level simulation of the full-length spike protein–the now-notorious mechanism that allows SARS-CoV-2 to invade human cells, which is targeted by all of the approved vaccines. |
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Math Student Brings Black Beauty Products to UC San Diego |
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Physical Sciences Faculty Named to Newly Created Titles: Distinguished Professors of Graduate Division |
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Food for Thought: New Maps Reveal How Brains are Kept Nourished |
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Opinion: The Perseverance rover landing on Mars is a giant leap toward human colonization of space |
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Opinion: Like that Mars landing? Here’s how UC San Diego scientists are involved in exoplanet exploration |
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UC San Diego Physicists Uncover Phenomena Tied to New State of Matter |
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New Grant Funds Clinical Trial to Assess Psychedelic as Treatment for Phantom Limb Pain |
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Leading Experts Call for Immediate Action to Address Inhalation Exposure to Prevent COVID-19 |
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New Lattimer Research Fellows Announced |
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Four UC San Diego Faculty Members Awarded 2021 Sloan Research Fellowships |
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Two Faculty Awarded Cottrell Scholar Awards |
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Stories of Black Family in America |
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Tetrahedron Solutions Finally Proved Decades After Computer Search |
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Copperizing the Complexity of Superconductivity |
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TRAPPIST-1 Family of Planets: Rocky Through and Through? |
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Physics PhD Student Wins Beth Brown Memorial Award |
Physicist Wins Buchalter Cosmology Prize
Industry Alum Pays It Forward through Physics Education Outreach
Fresh Sea Spray Turns ‘Sour’ after Being Airborne
Physics Professor Earns Prestigious NCAA Silver Anniversary Award
Physics Professor’s MemComputing Considered for UC Startup Innovation Challenge Prize
UC San Diego Tops UC System in Number of DURIP Awards
On the Frontlines of Science Policymaking
Physical Sciences Dean Announces Undergraduate Student Awards
MemComputing co-founder Dr. Massimiliano Di Ventra wins 2020 Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology
Diamonds May Be Award-Winning Physicist’s Best Friend
Scientists Use Geometry to Track Cell Migrations
UC San Diego Experts Elected AAAS Fellows in 2020
UC San Diego Leads Research that Earns Gordon Bell Special Prize
Clearing the Course for Glycans in Development of Flu Drugss
Energizing Plastics Renewability, Recycling Efforts
Behind SWITCHFOOT: The UC San Diego Stories
Tibetan Snow, Ice Pack New Insights into Environmental, Climatic Change
Making Heads or Tails Out of Phospholipid Synthesis
Nobel Laureate, Pioneer in Atmospheric Chemistry Mario Molina Dies
Experiments Confirm Sugary Shield Acts to Disguise SARS-CoV-2’s Spike
Ambitious Project to Understand Cellular Evolution Underway
Astronomers Take a Closer Look at the Centers of Galaxies
How big money is powering a massive hunt for alien intelligence
Sleuthing Their Way to Discovery with a New Microscope
UC San Diego Mathematics Alumnus Gives $100,000
Richard Libby ('80, BA; '82, MA; PhD, UC Santa Cruz, ’90) tallied a lot of zeroes for the benefit of the university’s Department of Mathematics and the Rady School of Management. His enthusiasm for applying mathematics to business finance, particularly market risk assessment, is demonstrated through his gift of $100,000 in support of graduate studies and research. Libby also agreed to additional support of the math department’s most critical needs related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Machine Learning Helps Plasma Physics Researchers Understand Turbulence Transport
Uncontrolled ‘cAMP’ Helps Spark Rare Liver Cancer
Virtually Helping Students Succeed
Astrophysicists Locate 100 New Sunny Neighbors with Citizens’ Help
Diamonds, Pencils Inspire Scientists to Create Multipurpose Protein Tool
How Do You Solve a Moon Mystery? Fire a Laser at It
Chemist Helps Bridge Underrepresented Minority Gap in Science
Ammonium Nitrate: What Is It and Where Is It Stored in San Diego County?
New Science Behind Algae-based Flip-flops
UC San Diego Forging a Sustainable Future with Renewable Products
Scientists Find First Evidence for the Higgs Boson Interaction with Muons
Scientists Explore Signals for a Quantum Universe
Two UC San Diego Chemists Named Finalists for the World’s Top Ph.D. Prize
Chemists, Physicists Create Spongy Droplets to Mimic Cellular Organelles
Mathematician, Engineer receive Newton Award for Transformative Ideas during COVID-19 Pandemic
Band of Astronomers Finds Low Heavy Metal in Brown Dwarf Discoveries
$18M Boost to Materials Science Research at UC San Diego
UC San Diego Physicist Making a Mark
Reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2
Coronavirus Is Covered In Sugar Shield, UCSD Scientists Figured Out What It Looks Like
From Prison to Physics: ‘Oh, the Places You’ll Go!’
Using Artificial Intelligence to ‘Paint’ the Holographic Universe
To Wear a Mask or Not, Is Not the Question; Research Indicates It’s the Answer
Sugar-Coating Disguise Allows for Coronavirus Infection
Dark Matter Scientists Surprised by Observation of ‘Excess of Events’
UC San Diego Professor Named 2020 Blavatnik National Awards Finalist in Chemistry
Direct Proof of Dark Matter May Lurk at Low-Energy Frontiers
Physics Researcher Awarded Chancellor’s Dissertation Medal
2020 YIP Recipient Monica Allen Earns $450K Research Award
UC San Diego’s Rommie Amaro Wins Support for COVID-19 Research
UC San Diego Chemistry Student Stands Out to U.S. Dept. of Energy
The Psychedelic Science of Pain
Onsite or Online, Good Teaching is Good Teaching
UC San Diego’s Mark Herzik Named 2020 Searle Scholar
Researchers Turn Algae Leftovers into Renewable Products with Flare
‘Molecular Distancing’ Presents Pathway to Remote Chemical Reactions
Physicists Go Out on a Limb to Advance AI Computing
From Physics Undergrad to Rocket Parts Pro—in Reverse
Perspectives on Remote Learning and Teaching
Five UC San Diego Professors Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Four from UC San Diego Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Researchers Make Gemstones with Salty, Soapy Water for the First Time
Industry Leader’s Passion for Chemistry Ferments Career
Math Scientist Powers Up to Solve Energy Grid Problem
To Beat Covid-19, Scientists Try to 'See' the Invisible Enemy
Margaret Burbidge, who explored the universe’s distant reaches, dies at 100
E. Margaret Burbidge, Astronomer Who Blazed Trails on Earth, Dies at 100
UC San Diego Distinguished Math Professor Named 2020 SIAM Fellow
Chemistry Professor Honored with 2020 Ernest Guenther Award
UC San Diego Students Share Knowledge that Leads to 11th Grader’s Science Fair Win
Coronavirus Massive Simulations Completed on Frontera Supercomputer
Scientists Observe Superconductivity in Meteorites
UC San Diego Physical Sciences Graduate Programs Rank among the Best
Making Cell Modeling More Realistic
Astronomers Catch Rare Eclipse of a Double Brown Dwarf System
Scientists Look Deeper to See How RNA-editing Enzyme Evolved into a Genome Editor
UC San Diego Faculty Members Win Department of Defense MURI Awards
New Telescopes Aim to Detect Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Distinguished Professor Talks Carbon
American Astronomical Society Announces First Class of AAS Fellows
Burbidge Visiting Professor Uses Physics of Mayonnaise to Develop Electronic Skin
Resetting the Biological Clock with Flip of the Molecular Switch
Researchers Tackle the Flu with Breakthrough Virus Simulations
UC San Diego Physicist Named 2020 Cottrell Scholar
Advice from ‘The Center’: Look for the Opening
UC San Diego Biochemistry Touches the Fashion World
Innovative Telescopes Set to Detect New Signals from Deep Space
UC San Diego Faculty Members Named 2020 Sloan Research Fellows
UC San Diego Astronomers to See More Stars with “2020 Vision”
Large Amounts of Oxygen Detected in Ancient Star’s Atmosphere
UC San Diego Cosmologists Ramp-Up Exploration of the Universe’s Origin, Evolution
New Cages to Trap Molecules Push Boundaries of Protein Design
Materials Research Society Seeks Nominees for Materials Theory Award
San Diego Math Circle Widens at UC San Diego
Quenching Water Scarcity with a Good Pore
Researchers ‘Handed’ $4M to Boot-Up Mirror Cell Synthesis
Mystery of the Origins of Cosmic Rays Solved
Three Physical Sciences Faculty Named Newest Hellman Fellows
Discovering the Magic Number of Earth Ice Molecules
Artificial Intelligence Tool Predicts Life Expectancy in Heart Failure Patients
Quantitative Biology Opens Trail to Ecological Exploration, Evolutionary Prediction
Two Postdoctoral Fellows Add Expertise, Diversity to Physics Department
The Secrets of Ghost Particle Hunting
Astronomers Catch Wind Rushing Out of Galaxy
Riding the Third Wave of AI without Quantum Computing
Making Noise to Heat Up Materials Science
Exploding Shells Boost Immune Response to Brain Cancer
Scientists Bask in Glow of Fluorescence Gathering
Like Film Editors and Archaeologists, Biochemists Piece Together Genome History
Get to know 10 early-career theorists: Tongyan Lin
UC San Diego PhySci at Comic-Con
UC San Diego Chemists Take Aim at Drug Predictions
Applying the Goldilocks Principle to DNA Structure
Borrowing from Astronomy to Rob the Twinkle from Brain Imagery
Chemists Manipulate the Physics of Digital Devices
Science Engineering Students Prepare for Careers in Industry
Physical Sciences Represents in National Science Foundation Graduate Research Awards
Hardwiring computers for human-brain efficiency
Supercomputer Simulations Show Black Holes and Their Magnetic Bubbles
Physics Professor Honored with Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award
UC San Diego Announces Margaret Burbidge Visiting Professorship
Scientists Observe Rare Decay Process in the Universe
Alumna Writes Story Featured in NYT Magazine
Magnets with ‘Magic Angle’ Offer New Way to Study Jelly States of Genes
POLARBEAR-2 Telescope Sees First Light
The Invisible Dance of CRISPR-Cas9
Chemists Cook Up Elusive Molecule for the First Time
Scientists ‘Game’ for Remote-control Chemistry of the Future
Scientists discover how Proteins interact along Metabolic Pathway
Chemists Use MASCoT to Create New Metalloproteins
Scientists Confirm Events that Occurred One Second after the Big Bang
Math Research adds up to 2019 Sloan Fellowship
Astronomers Invite Citizens to Crowd-Source New Worlds
Researchers Flood Boundaries of Chemistry
IUPAC Names Vicki Grassian among 2019 Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering
Atmospheric Chemist Kim Prather elected to National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
Biochemists make ‘Elbow Room’ for Nanostructures with new Toolkit
Researchers Limit Experimental Free Will to Fake Quantum Entanglement
Scientists Surf Peptides with New POOL
UC San Diego Strikes New NSF Funding with Laser Speed
New Study Might Help Unlock Secrets of the Flu
Synthetic Cells Command New Powers of Communication
Division Scientists Earn Spots on List of Highly Cited Researchers
Chemist Stands Boldly Among New AAAS Fellows
Physicists Brainstorm World’s 21st-Century Energy Challenges
Chemists Suited to Break Rule, Devise New Chemical Tool
NIH Awards $15 million to Research Team led by Physics Professor
Scientists Extend Mechanism for Cracking Biochemical Code
The Amazon Science Book of the Year Goes to…
Astrophysicist Enlightens Campus, Community with Portable Planetarium
UC San Diego Hosts First Cal-Bridge Professional Development Workshop
Four UC San Diegans Named 2018 APS Fellows
High School Journalists ‘Space Out’ with UC San Diego Astrophysicist
Physical Sciences to Honor Late Founding Faculty Member George Feher
Physicists ‘Condense’ Diversity, Outreach, Blue Jeans’ Dye in NSF Research
Physicists Train Robotic Gliders to Soar like Birds
Nobel Prize-winning Chemist Opines about California Climate Summit
New National Training Program Aims to Mainstream Glycosciences
Physicists Race to Demystify Einstein’s ‘Spooky’ Science
UC San Diego Climbs to No. 2 in the Nation for Quality Education at the Right Price
Two Grad Students’ Chance Meeting Leads to Research Breakthrough
Chemistry Research ‘Rocks’ New Data about Ancient Life
Scientists Introduce New Way to Mimic ‘Machine of Machines’
Physical Sciences at Comic-Con
UC San Diego Researchers Charge Quest to End ‘Voltage Fade’
Professor Judy Kim Named 2018 Fellow of the American Chemical Society
UC San Diego Partners with Warner Bros. to Celebrate Iconic Film at Comic-Con
Physicists Practice ‘Spin Control’ to Improve Information Processing
UC San Diego Physicist Named a 2018 Simons Investigator
Scientists Present New Cold Facts about Antifreeze Proteins
UC San Diego Chemists Develop New Strategy for ‘Hard-to-Study’ Lipids
Chemistry Professor Wins Blavatnik Award for Outstanding Young Scientists
Scientists Go to Great Heights to Understand Changes in Earth’s Atmosphere
‘Gold Standard’ Research Presents Promise for Plasmonic Devices
Scientists Race to Outpace Lethal Bacterial Infections
Distinguished Math Professor’s Road to Success Takes her Full Circle
Physicists’ Room-Temperature Research Leads to ‘Exciting’ Possibilities for Science
Chemist Makes List of Finalists for 2018 Blavatnik National Awards
Chemists Fashion New Biomaterial Design
Scientists, Middle School Students Share Research Space
PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs with Alison Coil
Vicki Grassian Named ‘Chemical Pioneer’
Space Scientists See Clear Skies around ‘Hot’ and ‘Salty’ Planet
Chemists ‘Crystallize’ New Approach to Materials Science
Scientists Sniff Out How the ‘Nose Knows’
Physics Professor Named to Academy of Arts and Sciences
Chemistry Alumnus Wins 40 Under 40 Award
UC San Diego Physicist Flexes 'BICEP' to Introduce Controversial New Book
UC San Diego Chemist Stirs Hope for a New Flu Treatment
UC San Diego's 'ZeroGDoc' Recalls Flight with Stephen Hawking
Distinguished Professor Mario Molina Receives Haagen-Smit Clean Air Award
Mathematics Professor Contributes to High Profile Study about Mothers who Drink While Pregnant
Astrophysicist Encourages Elon Musk to Boost Inclusion of Women, Minorities at Tesla
Three UC San Diego Physicists Earn Sloan Research Fellowships
UC San Diego Chemists use Light to Pinpoint Gene Expression
Adam Burgasser Contributes to New Findings about Densities of Trappist-1 Planets
UC San Diego Mathematician's Contributions Add Up to Fellowship in New Program Honoring Women
Department of Physics' Brian Keating and Kam Arnold to Study Cosmos with Massive New Telescope in South America
Division Researchers Shed Light on Formation of Black Holes and Galaxies
Clarke Center for Human Imagination Hosts Sir Roger Penrose Jan. 19
Mathematics Professor among Three UC San Diego Breakthrough Prize Winners
Chancellor's Postdoctoral Scholar Award goes to Chemistry and Biochemistry Fellow
SUMO' Research at UC San Diego Wrestles with New Way to Read Cellular Function
Six UC San Diego Professors Named 2017 AAAS Fellows
UC San Diego Mathematics Multiplies Excellence by Three
UC San Diego Chemist Named among World's Top 10 'Public Defenders'
Associate Dean Recognized for Incorporating Sustainability in Chemistry Education
Distinguished Chemist Wins 2017 Russell M. Pitzer Award
Chemistry and Biology Researchers Create a More Environmentally Friendly Flip Flop
The Last Woman to Win a Physics Nobel
Department of Physics Celebrates Sheldon “Shelly” Schultz
New Lab at UC San Diego Strengthens Cross-Disciplinary Science
Associate Dean of Physical Sciences to give Tedx talk, Oct 14
Why Men Don’t Believe the Data on Gender Bias in Science
American Chemical Society Honors Retired Chemist Marjorie Caserio
UC San Diego Physicists Travel Path of Totality
Jason Schweinsberg Named Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Newly Discovered Exoplanet System Found to be Older Than Our Solar System
Physicist Elizabeth Simmons Named Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Primordial Black Holes May Have Helped to Forge Heavy Elements
Solar Fuels Conference Comes to Campus
Brian Druker ’77, MD ‘81 Named 2017 Alumni Honoree
DJ Patil ’96 Named 2017 Alumni Honoree
UC San Diego Chemists Create the Ultimate Natural Sunscreen
Biological Activity Found to Affect Aerosols Produced from Sea Spray
Jennie Chen in Chemistry & Biochemistry Wins 2017 Exemplary Staff Employee of the Year Award
Nearby Brown Dwarf Appears to be a Free-Floating ‘Planet’
Talking Science
Chemists Receive $7.5 Million to Develop Innovative Uses for Melanin
Oleg Shpyrko Wins 2016-17 Distinguished Teaching Award
Guy Bertrand Wins 2017 Luigi Sacconi Medal
Study Discovers Fundamental Unit of Cell Size in Bacteria
Astronomers Observe Early Stages of Milky Way-like Galaxies in Distant Universe
New Sally Ride Fellowship to Support Women in Physics
Adam Burgasser Awarded Fulbright Scholarship
Kamil Godula Named 2017 Cottrell Scholar
UC San Diego Astrophysicists Contribute to Major Planet Discovery
Three Division of Physical Sciences Professors Named 2017 Sloan Research Fellows
In Memoriam: Sheldon Schultz 1933-2017
Astrophysicist Steven Boggs Named Dean of Division of Physical Sciences