How Brain Ripples Keep Memory Online
Health & BehaviorWorking memory is essential to our daily functioning, but there are still unanswered questions about how it works. UC San Diego researchers are helping answer them.
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Flesh-eating Screwworms Have Returned. Which New Technologies Could Stop Them?
Science & EnvironmentNew World screwworm flies, highly destructive parasitic insects, have returned to parts of the U.S. and pose a significant danger. Professor Omar Akbari discusses how the insect was eliminated in the past and the ways new genetics technologies could help combat today’s threat.
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Scientists Uncover Cellular Mechanism Driving Both Rare Childhood Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease
Health & BehaviorUC San Diego researchers have found a "genetic switch" triggering neurodegeneration in both a rare childhood dementia and Alzheimer's disease, pointing to new drug targets in the waste-processing system within the brain’s immune cells.
UC San Diego Named Central Lab for $101M XPRIZE Healthspan Competition
Health & BehaviorThe Stein Institute for Research on Aging at UC San Diego will play a central role in an ambitious competition aimed at extending the human healthspan.
Mark Thiemens Receives the Magellanic Premium, America’s Oldest Medal
Science & EnvironmentUC San Diego Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Mark Thiemens is the 43rd recipient of the Magellanic Premium, given by the American Philosophical Society. Thiemens was recognized for his groundbreaking work in mass-independent isotope fractionation.
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Webb telescope finds signs of ancient disaster for Neptune’s moons
Reuters, August 3
UC San Diego grad selected for NASA space mission
Fox 5, July 31
UC accepts record number of Californians, but some select campuses out of reach for most
Los Angeles Times, July 29
Opinion: College degrees no longer last a lifetime. UC schools can help graduates keep up
Los Angeles Times, July 28
His father suffered from gout in silence. Now a San Diego scientist is bringing the cure home
The San Diego Union-Tribune, July 28
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Building Better Partnerships: UC San Diego Reimagines Industry Engagement
Campus NewsUC San Diego relies on business partnerships to keep the campus running. Inspired by the university’s focus on innovation, university leaders are reimagining how the university engages with industry partners to better support the university’s mission and provide greater value to collaborators.
Changing the Culture of Athletics, One Conversation at a Time
AthleticsCross country and track and field scholar-athlete Thomas Fry measures success by the conversations that happen away from competition: the ones that help athletes feel supported, understood, and empowered as a mental health advocate.
UC San Diego Alumni Board of Directors Welcomes Eight New Members
Campus NewsUC San Diego has welcomed eight new alumni to its Alumni Board of Directors. The incoming members bring a wide range of experience, spanning Hollywood production and business to public policy and medicine.
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“This merger will impact anyone who goes to movies, uses a streaming service, watches sports or cartoons, or reads the news.”
From The Article:
The Paramount Problem With Hollywood’s Next Big Merger
“A lot of the practices tied to nervous system ‘regulation’ — cold plunges, breathing exercises, vagus nerve stimulation — are really about helping people tolerate distress in the moment. ”
From The Article:
Why Is Everyone ‘Regulating’ Their Nervous System?
““I think the big question on people’s minds, coming out of COVID, is whether this is the start of another worldwide infectious disease problem that could spread broadly and cause a high number of deaths.” ”
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Could Hantavirus Spread Like COVID-19?
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