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Hate Spoilers? This AI Tool Spots Them for You

July 8, 2019

Did social media spoil the Avengers’ Endgame movie for you? Or maybe one of the Game of Thrones books? A team of researchers from the University of California San Diego is working to make sure that doesn’t happen again. They have developed an AI-based system that can flag spoilers in online reviews of books and TV shows.

2019: A Space Organoid

July 8, 2019

UC San Diego will launch a payload of stem cell-derived human brain organoids to the International Space Station. Researchers will document how these “mini brains” organize into the beginnings of a functional brain with implications for the future of human life in space.

USC and UC San Diego Reach Agreement on Resolution Of Alzheimer’s Disease Research Lawsuit

July 3, 2019

On July 1, 2019, USC and UC San Diego reached a settlement in the ongoing Alzheimer’s disease research lawsuit, Regents of the University of California v. Aisen et al.

MFA Artist Eddy Miramontes Awarded David Antin Prize at UC San Diego

July 3, 2019

The UC San Diego Department of Visual Arts awarded artist Eddy Miramontes the David Antin Endowed Prize for Excellence in MFA Visual Arts.

Using Machine Learning Models to Better Predict Bladder Cancer Stages

July 2, 2019

Bladder cancer, one of the most common cancers in the U.S., may be soon helped by a novel non-invasive diagnostic method thanks to machine learning research by researchers at UC San Diego's San Diego Supercomputer Center and Moores Cancer Center.

Pesticide Exposure Linked to Teen Depression in Agricultural Communities

July 2, 2019

Adolescent depression increases with exposure to pesticides, a study in the Ecuadorian Andes shows.

UC San Diego Again Rated No. 1 “Golden Age” University in the World

July 2, 2019

For the third consecutive year, the University of California San Diego has been named by Times Higher Education the No. 1 college founded between 1945 and 1967.

SDSC’s Sherlock Division Debuts Innovation Accelerator Platforms

July 1, 2019

SDSC's Sherlock Division at SDSC) has announced the launch of Innovation Accelerator Platforms within its Sherlock Cloud infrastructure and its newest offering, Vyloc Cloud.

Protein Clumps in ALS Neurons Provide Potential Target for New Therapies

July 1, 2019

UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers identified chemical compounds that prevent stress-induced clumping of TDP-43 protein in ALS motor neurons grown in the lab — a starting point for new ALS therapeutics.

UC San Diego Chemists Take Aim at Drug Predictions

June 27, 2019

UC San Diego chemists offer new system to ease the synthesis and evaluation of the algorithms, the chemistry and the technology needed to predict the bound poses of ligands within a targeted protein—a necessity for designing new drugs.
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