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University of California Statement on Presidential Election Results

November 9, 2016

President Janet Napolitano and the Chancellors of the University of California today (Nov. 9) issued the following statement on the Presidential election results.

Blood Test May Help Identify Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

November 9, 2016

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, Texas A&M College of Medicine and the Omni-Net Birth Defects Prevention Program in Ukraine have identified a blood test that may help predict how severely a baby will be affected by alcohol exposure during pregnancy.

Researchers Receive $2.4 Million from Gates Foundation for Infant Vaccination Identification

November 8, 2016

The project, which previously received $500,000 from the Gates Foundation, is expected to make children’s vaccinations more efficient and more effective by removing reliance on manual identification and recordkeeping.

Semiconductor-free Microelectronics Are Now Possible, Thanks to Metamaterials

November 7, 2016

If not included, the first paragraph from release will be used): Engineers at the University of California San Diego have fabricated the first semiconductor-free, optically-controlled microelectronic device. Using metamaterials, engineers were able to build a microscale device that shows a 1,000 percent increase in conductivity when activated by low voltage and a low power laser.

SDSC to Host High-Speed, Large Data Transfer Experiment at SC16 Show

November 7, 2016

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego will host a node in the Pacific Research Platform at this year’s International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC16), in Salt Lake City, Utah November 14-17. The aim is to achieve large data transfers over long-distance networks to the limits possible using single personal computers of the type that researchers may have in their labs in the near future.

ARCS Foundation Awards $255,000 in Fellowships to UC San Diego Graduate Students

November 7, 2016

The San Diego chapter of the ARCS Foundation, Inc. has awarded a total of $255,000 to 34 graduate students at the University of California San Diego. The annual fellowship awards recognize exceptional students who are pursuing research in the natural sciences, engineering and medicine.

CNS Grant Recipient Returns from Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing

November 7, 2016

Mansi Malik, a second-year graduate student in Computer Science at UC San Diego, was among the 35 UC San Diego students (including nine grad students) and 15,000 people overall attending the 2016 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing October 19-21 in Houston, TX.

Andeans with Altitude Sickness Produce Massive Amounts of Red Blood Cells

November 7, 2016

To better understand why some people adapt well to life at high altitude while others don’t, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine studied red blood cells derived from representatives of both groups living in the Andes Mountains. The study reveals that high-altitude, low-oxygen dwellers prone to chronic mountain sickness produce massive amounts of red blood cells thanks to overproduction of the enzyme SENP1.

Insulin Resistance Reversed by Removal of Protein

November 3, 2016

By removing the protein galectin-3 (Gal3), a team of investigators led by University of California School of Medicine researchers were able to reverse diabetic insulin resistance and glucose intolerance in mouse models of obesity and diabetes.

New Research Uncovers Pattern in Global Flu Outbreaks

November 3, 2016

In a new study, a Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego-led research team found that a key environmental driver – humidity – links flu outbreaks across the globe and that temperature mediates this effect.
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