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Graduate Scholars Shine as Equity-Minded Mentors

March 25, 2021

Five graduate scholars at UC San Diego have been inducted into the Bouchet Graduate Honor Society for their role in cultivating inclusive environments, advocating for traditionally underrepresented students and serving as leaders through academic excellence.

Repurposed Heart and Flu Drugs May Help Body Fight Sepsis

March 24, 2021

UC San Diego researchers discovered that patient survival from sepsis is associated with higher platelet counts, and identified two currently available drugs that protect these blood cells and improve survival in mice with sepsis.

Robot Heal Thyself

March 24, 2021

Researchers at the University of California San Diego reporting in Nano Letters have developed small, swimming robots that can magnetically heal themselves on-the-fly after breaking into two or three pieces.

Though Risk is Minuscule, Infection after COVID-19 Vaccination is Possible

March 23, 2021

Investigators from UC San Diego and UCLA report COVID-19 infection rates for a cohort of health care workers previously vaccinated for the novel coronavirus. Risk of infection is minuscule, but exists.

Why Commercialization of Carbon Capture and Sequestration has Failed and How it Can Work

March 22, 2021

There are 12 essential attributes that explain why commercial carbon capture and sequestration projects succeed or fail in the U.S., University of California San Diego researchers say in a recent study published in Environmental Research Letters.

Zea Borok, MD, Named Chair of the Department of Medicine at UC San Diego School of Medicine

March 22, 2021

Zea Borok, MD, has been named chair of the Department of Medicine at University of California San Diego School of Medicine. Her first day is April 1, 2021.

Novel Coronavirus Circulated Undetected Months before First COVID-19 Cases in Wuhan, China

March 18, 2021

Using molecular dating tools and epidemiological simulations, researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine estimate that the SARS-CoV-2 virus likely circulated undetected for two months before the first human cases of COVID-19 were described in Wuhan, China in late-December 2019.

Bringing Intel Inside

March 18, 2021

The partnership between Intel and the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI) at UC San Diego offers an opportunity for Intel to acquire new methodologies while helping students with applied, technical understanding and real-world experience.

Reversing Cancer’s Gluttony

March 18, 2021

Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center describe how pancreatic cancer cells use an alternative method to find necessary nutrients, defying current therapies, to help them grow and spread.

Artificial Neuron Device Could Shrink Energy Use and Size of Neural Network Hardware

March 18, 2021

Neural network training could one day require less computing power and hardware, thanks to a new nanodevice that can run neural network computations using 100 to 1000 times less energy and area than existing CMOS-based hardware.
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