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Why Is Everyone ‘Regulating’ Their Nervous System?

Cold plunges. Breathing exercises. “Fight or flight.” A psychologist weighs in on why the language around managing our nervous systems has exploded online — and what people are really talking about when they use it to describe stress and anxiety.

Gene Therapy Approach Reduces Muscle Spasticity After Chronic Spinal Cord Injury

New research suggests that a single administration of spinal segment-targeted gene therapy may provide a long-lasting strategy for reducing muscle spasticity caused by spinal cord injury and potentially other neurological conditions associated with abnormal muscle tone.

From Verizon to Apple, a Hidden Texting Flaw Has Finally Been Patched

A major security vulnerability that allows attackers to easily fake their identity in smartphone text conversations has been fixed in the United States thanks to a team of computer scientists at the University of California San Diego.

How Student Involvement Changed Our Graduates

As UC San Diego prepares to send off the graduating Class of 2026, we asked a few graduates to share how being involved on campus — from the Costco Club to Triton Gaming and more — impacted their path as a Triton

Big Ideas From UC San Diego’s Third Convene and Influence Cohort

University of California San Diego has announced the newest cohort of Strategic Convene and Influence Awardees, continuing a campus investment in faculty-led collaborations designed to spark interdisciplinary dialogue and define emerging research priorities.

Palau Study Shows First‑Ever Evidence of Seabird‑Driven Land-Sea Recovery

Island Conservation and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego monitored data from Ulong Island, Koror Republic of Palau that shows seabirds are returning, nutrients are moving from land to sea, and nearby reefs are beginning to rebound just one year after invasive rats were removed.