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Sarcasm Detectors and Gene Transfers: Institute Awards Innovative Research Scholarships

March 28, 2019

Developing how the heart forms and brain works. How to analyze sarcasm computationally. Harnessing computers to develop campaign rhetoric across the spectrum. Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute announced innovative undergraduate research scholarship projects across academic disciplines.

Notable Australian Historian Dirk Moses Uncovers the Contingent Origins of Genocide on April 10

March 27, 2019

Highly-acclaimed historian and author Dirk Moses will make a presentation on “Inventing Genocide: The Contingent Origins and Meaning of a Concept” on Wednesday, April 10, at the University of California San Diego’s Holocaust Living History Workshop.

Chemists Cook Up Elusive Molecule for the First Time

March 27, 2019

During this “International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements,” scientists from UC San Diego have isolated a 3+7 diatomic molecule by isolating a metal compound containing the elusive “BF.”

World’s Brightest Minds Converge at UC San Diego April 26-27

March 26, 2019

Is the U.S. heading toward a second civil war? Will we stop global warming before it is too late? Questions like these will be explored at the University of California San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy's 30th anniversary celebration April 26-27.

Decolonization and the Settler-Indigenous Relationship

March 22, 2019

In new work by UC San Diego assistant professor Julie Burelle, the relationship between two groups of people in Quebec, Canada come into play in an important conversation about settler-indigenous relationships and decolonization, deeply adding to the growing field of Indigenous studies.

Supercomputer Simulations Help Combat Tuberculosis (TB) Granulomas

March 20, 2019

Researchers from the University of Michigan relied on supercomputers at UC San Diego and elsewhere to help them develop detailed models to better understand how TB spreads throughout the lungs.

Scientists ‘Game’ for Remote-control Chemistry of the Future

March 19, 2019

Theoretical chemists at UC San Diego mix molecules and light in optical cavities in a promising study recently published in the Cell Press journal Chem.

Scientists discover how Proteins interact along Metabolic Pathway

March 18, 2019

New research from scientists at the University of California San Diego and the University of Michigan has opened a new chapter in the story about what happens between two key metabolic enzymes, setting chemical biologists on their own path to a new understanding of fatty acid biosynthesis.

UC San Diego Study Points to Virus-Related Acceleration in Some Cancers

March 14, 2019

A new paper by UC San Diego researchers hypothesizes a possible link between cancer-causing viruses.

Soccer Matches, Then a Doctor Does Too

March 12, 2019

Every year, at precisely 9 a.m., medical school graduates nationwide find out where they will spend their residencies. On Friday, the 117 members of the 2019 UC San Diego School of Medicine graduating class will be among them.
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