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North Torrey Pines Living and Learning Neighborhood Springs to Life

March 4, 2021

After welcoming students to the west side residential areas in the fall, the east side of North Torrey Pines Living and Learning Neighborhood is starting to spring to life. This quarter, the UC San Diego Craft Center welcomed the campus community to meet its new instructors, a three-story HDH dining area with five restaurants and a market brought flavors from across the globe.

HDSI Welcomes Dexcom

March 3, 2021

The Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI) is pleased to welcome Dexcom to our robust Industry Partnership Alliance Program. 

Sewage-Handling Robots Help Predict COVID-19 Outbreaks in San Diego

March 3, 2021

UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers develop an automated process to test city sewage for SARS-CoV-2, allowing them to forecast the region’s COVID-19 caseload one to two weeks ahead of clinical diagnostic reports.

New Research Unlocks Mysteries of Soupfin Shark Migration and Reproduction

March 3, 2021

A seven-year tracking study of California’s soupfin sharks has yielded a first for science. Scripps and USD researcher Andy Nosal found that these sharks return to the same waters off La Jolla every three years, the first documented evidence of triennial philopatry in any animal.

UC San Diego Music Professor Wins Prestigious Award

March 2, 2021

UC San Diego music professor and composer Lei Liang will receive a Goddard Lieberson Fellowship in Music for 2021 from the American Academy of Arts and Letters at a virtual ceremony on May 19.

‘Comet’ Illustrates the Mechanical Process of Cancer Growth

March 2, 2021

Tissues which consist largely of collagen were the focus of a recent collaborative study by a team from Stanford University and Purdue University. To accomplish their work, they used the Comet supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego.

Novel Drug Prevents Amyloid Plaques, a Hallmark of Alzheimer’s Disease

March 2, 2021

Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine and elsewhere have identified a new drug that could prevent AD by modulating, rather than inhibiting, a key enzyme involved in forming amyloid plaques.

Heart Disease is in the Eye of the Beholder

March 2, 2021

Researchers at UC San Diego Health see a possible way to detect heart disease through the eye.

Coronavirus-Like Particles Could Ensure Reliability of Simpler, Faster COVID-19 Tests

March 2, 2021

Rapid COVID-19 tests are on the rise to deliver results faster to more people, and scientists need an easy, foolproof way to know that these tests work correctly and the results can be trusted. Nanoparticles that pass detection as the novel coronavirus could be just the ticket.

Food for Thought: New Maps Reveal How Brains are Kept Nourished

March 2, 2021

UC San Diego scientists have created new brain maps with unprecedented detail. The insights provided by the new maps are helping answer questions about blood supply and how more active parts of the brain are kept nourished versus less demanding areas.
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