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“A Major Conceptual Advance” on El Niño

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Small boats stranded in the nearly dry bed of the Tapajos River in Alter do Chao, Santarem, Brazil, during the El Niño-fueled Amazonian drought in 2023. Photo: Tarcisio Schnaider/iStock

UC San Diego Packs a Punch of AI Research Power with a Gift from NVIDIA

Technology & Engineering
Members of the Hao Lab with the NVIDIA gift, still boxed, outside of SDSC. Top row (left to right): Lanxiang Hu, Yichao Fu, Mingjia Huo, Hao Zhang. Second row (left to right): Peiyuan Zhang, Junda Chen. Photo courtesy of SDSC.

10-story Steel-framed Building to be Put to the Test on UC San Diego Earthquake Simulator

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10-story Steel-framed Building to be Put to the Test on UC San Diego Earthquake Simulator

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New Headache Center Opens at UC San Diego Health

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New site at UC San Diego Health will provide specialized, multidisciplinary treatment for headaches, migraines and traumatic brain injuries.

Awash in Potential: Wastewater Provides Early Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Virus

Health & Behavior

Scientists and physicians at UC San Diego and Scripps Research describe how wastewater sequencing provided dramatic new insights into levels and variants of SARS-CoV-2 on campus and in the broader community — a key step to public health interventions in advance of COVID-19 case surges.

‘You Are What You Eat,’ and Now Researchers Know Exactly What You’re Eating

Health & Behavior

UC San Diego researchers describe a new method to identify all of the unidentified molecules derived from food, providing a direct way to link molecules in diet to health outcomes.

Familiarity Breeds Exempt: Why Staph Vaccines Don’t Work in Humans

Health & Behavior

UC San Diego researchers say they may have found the reason why multiple human clinical trials of staphylococcus vaccines have failed: the bacteria knows us too well.

NSF Director Touts Magnitude of UC San Diego Research and Outreach During Visit

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UC San Diego research initiatives, including nanoengineering, earthquake safety and ocean science, received a huge endorsement from the National Science Foundation director and key members of his team during a jam-packed visit last week.

UC San Diego Students to Compete in Sustainability Decathlon

Science & Environment

With the affordable housing crisis reaching a fever pitch in San Diego and the impacts of climate change being felt around the world, a team of students at UC San Diego is putting their skills to work as they design a sustainable AND affordable house for the Orange County Sustainability Decathlon.

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AI Helps Unravel a Cause of Alzheimer’s Disease and Identify a Therapeutic Candidate

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High Cannabis Use Linked to Increased Mortality in Colon Cancer Patients

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Neuroscientists Pinpoint Where (and How) Brain Circuits Are Reshaped as We Learn New Movements

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This Injected Protein-like Polymer Helps Tissues Heal After a Heart Attack

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AstroReachSD: Dark Matter and Python

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American Physical Society Conference Creates a Community of Peers

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Behind Every Breakthrough: Organoids

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This Robotic Gripper is Based on Measuring Tape

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