UC San Diego

16+ hour, 29+ min ago   (349+ words) Two people look out at Royce Hall on the UCLA campus in Westwood, Calif., on Aug. 7, 2025. After dropping slightly from the top spot last year, UCLA is once again ranked the nation’s best public university by Niche. UCLA also earned…...

6+ hour, 32+ min ago   (351+ words) Incoming Kelvin waves and a record El Niño threaten local beaches and could drive more coastal erosion this winter. After heavy surf and erosion at beaches along the coastline, especially the sinkhole at Sea Level Road in Malibu, oceanographic experts…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (952+ words) California high school students are scoring more straight A’s than ever – but it’s not necessarily because they’re getting smarter, according to data and education experts. The number of college applicants reporting flawless GPAs of 4.0 or higher has doubled over the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (600+ words) Most of the sand at a popular California beach has disappeared. In the past two weeks, strong swells caused by Hurricane Genevieve have battered the Southern California coast, transforming Tamarack State Beach near Carlsbad from a sandy paradise into a…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (658+ words) Obesity has become one of the most stubborn public health challenges of the modern era, and the search for drugs that can blunt the body’s absorption of dietary fat remains a major focus of pharmaceutical research. Now, a team of…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (756+ words) Black students have been excluded from high-quality mathematics for generations — with dire outcomes academically and professionally, a California-based math equity group found. Just Equation's recent report, "Calculated Barriers," notes that while these students make up 15% of the nation's public school…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (432+ words) DEK In October, a giant, slow-moving ocean wave could raise sea levels along parts of California by nearly a foot. Usually an invisible swirl of air, this passing dust devil became impossible to miss when it flung pool inflatables and…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (187+ words) While robotic surgery, one of the world’s advanced medical technologies, once seemed far away, today it has actually entered Mongolian hospitals and is expanding its reach. In December 2025, the National Cancer Center first introduced robotic surgery, making Mongolia the 70th country…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (541+ words) Usually in Tech In Plain Sight, we talk about technology you probably see every day, even if you don’t notice it. But we hope you don’t get to see one of the latest crop of medical robots, such as the…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (41+ words) Modern Healthcare Medtronic’s Jim Peichel on AI, robotics and the future of surgery Instead of a new patient tower, University of Iowa Health Care plans to upgrade existing facilities....