Thousands of UC patient care, service workers to strike this week
LA JOLLA — Thousands of patient care and service workers at UC San Diego Medical Center and other University of California campuses across the state...
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Dolphins frolic in blue glow during ‘red tide’ off San Diego coast
SAN DIEGO — Scripps scientists caught a bioluminescent red tide off the coast of La Jolla this morning on tape as dolphins played in the...
UCSD faculty join labor complaint for UC speech suppression
SAN DIEGO — The UC San Diego Faculty Association has joined faculty at other UC schools in filing an unfair labor practice complaint against the...
UCSD scientists helped study ‘mega-tsunami’ in remote Greenland
SAN DIEGO — A report published today revealed that two UC San Diego seismologists were among an international team of scientists who set out to...
UCSD study finds food waste diversion less effective than designed
REGION — While well-intentioned, the first several states attempting to divert food waste from landfills and incinerators posted just a 20% success rate, according to...
Scientists complete necropsy on rare oarfish washed ashore in La Jolla
SAN DIEGO — Scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography have completed a necropsy on a deep-sea oarfish, which washed up earlier this...
Data leads scientists to conclude Mars has liquid water
SAN DIEGO — Data collected on Mars’ planetary crust by the InSight lander has led scientists to conclude the planet has stores of liquid water...
UCSD researchers caution against unregulated ‘magic mushrooms’
REGION — A type of “magic mushroom” is gaining interest in the United States, but scientists at UC San Diego warned this week that it...
CSUSM, UCSD students continue calls for Israel divestment
SAN MARCOS — Over 100 students at Cal State San Marcos rallied at Kellogg Plaza on Thursday to call on the CSU system to divest...
UCSD faces backlash for police force against protestors
SAN DIEGO — Outraged students and faculty at UC San Diego are demanding accountability and the resignation of the school’s chancellor after police arrested 64...
Police arrest 64 at UC San Diego, dismantle pro-Palestine encampment
SAN DIEGO — Law enforcement arrested 64 individuals at UC San Diego early Monday morning in a large raid on a pro-Palestine encampment erected on...
UCSD gets grant to re-open center to study seafood safety
REGION — UC San Diego was awarded $7.35 million from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health for a program to study...
‘Hold Fast’: Birch exhibit explores kelp amid changing climate
Artists and scientists present a new way to think about the large brown algae we often call seaweed. ...
UCSD scientist helps discover, name new species of tropical fish
REGION — A team of scientists, including Ben Frable of UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, discovered a new species of tropical fish during...
Survey of seafloor finds thousands of munitions, explosives
REGION — A second sweeping survey of the seafloor off the Southern California coast by researchers from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography revealed...