Recent Press Releases

• Researchers Flood the Boundaries of Chemistry

  

  UC San Diego scientists tackle water scarcity issues by creating realistic computer simulations in order to develop materials that could be used to extract water from the atmosphere

  Published February 14, 2019

• Decoding the Human Immune System

  

  For the first time ever, researchers are comprehensively sequencing the human immune system, which is billions of times larger than the human genome

  Published February 13, 2019

• SDSC Researchers Team with UNICEF for Liberian Schools Project

  

  Deep learning satellite images provide insight to rural education areas in order to deliver resources and plans for future schools

  Published February 4, 2019

• Birth of Massive Black Holes in the Early Universe Revealed

  

  Light released from around the first massive black holes is so intense that it can reach telescopes across the entire expanse of the universe. New simulation-based study sheds light on know how these monster black holes may have formed.

  Published January 23, 2019

• Supercomputer Simulations Reveal New Insight on Sea Fog Development

  

  Researchers are using detailed supercomputer simulations of fog to provide more accurate predictions of its occurrence and patterns to help reduce the number of maritime mishaps on the Yellow Sea

  Published January 14, 2019

• SDSC’s ‘Trestles’ Supercomputer Still Going Strong Three+ Years Later

  

  Billed as a “high-productivity workhorse” when entering service at SDSC in 2011, Trestles continues to be a valuable research resource in its "next life" at the University of Arkansas

  Published December 12, 2018

• A New Way to See Stress – Using Supercomputers

  

  Simulations show that at the atomic level, material stress doesn't behave symmetrically. Such findings could lead to the design of new materials such as glass or metal that won't ice up.

  Published December 4, 2018

• UC San Diego-Led Study Predicts Novel Approach to Battling Influenza

  

  Researchers used SDSC's Comet supercomputer to create detailed physics-based flu virus simulations

  Published November 27, 2018

• SDSC Receives HPCwire Awards for Top HPC Achievement, Life Sciences

  

  SDSC received two key HPCwire annual awards for 2018, recognizing the use of its Comet supercomputer to help find the first evidence of a source of high-energy cosmic neutrinos, and in a recent autism study

  Published November 13, 2018

• SDSC Chief Data Science Officer Ilkay Altintas Named an HDSI Fellow

  

  Altintas will help build a foundation for Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute by working with UC San Diego faculty, industry partners, and students at all levels

  Published October 30, 2018