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The Many FACES of Lipid Research

Scientists have long wanted to get a closer look at the movement of lipids around a cell, but it’s tough to visualize with traditional light microscopy. UC San Diego researchers have unveiled a new technology with the power to see cells in unprecedented detail.

Advancing Quantum Photonic Technologies

UC San Diego researchers show that light-matter hybrids, known as polaritons, not only behave optically, but also quantumly.

Detection of Phosphine in a Brown Dwarf Atmosphere Raises More Questions

Phosphine has been found in the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn, and has been recognized as a possible biosignature for anaerobic life. Now a team of researchers, led by UC San Diego, has reported the detection of phosphine in the atmosphere of a cool, ancient brown dwarf Wolf 1130C.

UC San Diego Chemists Form Lifelong Bonds

Three chemistry professors - Seth Cohen, Joshua Figueroa and Akif Tezcan - all started their careers at UC San Diego. Twenty years on, they have – yes, we have to say it – a unique chemistry in and out of the lab.

Joel Yuen-Zhou Thinks Theory is Fun

UC San Diego chemistry professor Joel Yuen-Zhou doesn’t fit neatly into a box and neither does his work. He was born and raised in Mexico City to Chinese immigrants. As a theoretical physical chemist, he uses physics, math and chemistry to manipulate the properties of photons.

Turbulence With a Twist

Turbulence is notoriously difficult to forecast. UC San Diego researchers have predicted that if a pipe is sufficiently curved, the transition can become discontinuous, with the turbulent fraction undergoing a jump beyond a critical flow velocity.

Overcoming Disordered Energy in Light-Matter Interactions

In a new study, researchers from UC San Diego designed experiments to show how disordered energy can limit the energy transfer pathway of polaritons, and further demonstrated a strategy to overcome this limitation.

A New Way to Study Omega Fatty Acids

Omega fatty acids are important to human health, but deviations in their positions can signal malfunctions or pathological processes, such as those occurring in cancer . Researchers from UC San Diego have presented a new computational method to determine omega positions of lipids.

On the Origins of Life: Recreating Cellular Metabolism

Today, scientists work to develop synthetic cells that mimic living cells, hoping to uncover clues that will help answer the question: how did life on Earth begin? Now researchers from tUC San Diego have designed a system that synthesizes cell membranes and incorporates metabolic activity.

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