We Might Not Know Half of What’s in Our Cells, New AI Technique Reveals
Health & BehaviorArtificial intelligence-based technique reveals previously unknown cell components that may provide new clues to human development and disease.
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Neurobiologists Reveal How Value Decisions are Coded into Our Brains
Health & BehaviorA new study is showing how value choices are recorded in our brains. Researchers found that persistency allows value signals to be most effectively represented, or “coded,” across different areas of the brain, especially in a critical area within the cerebrum known as the retrosplenial cortex.
COVID Gets Airborne
Health & BehaviorIn May 2021, the Centers for Disease Control officially recognized that SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—is airborne. Now UC San Diego Professor and Endowed Chair of Chemistry and Biochemistry Rommie Amaro has modeled the delta virus inside an aerosol for the first time.
How Well Do Wet Masks Contain Droplets?
Science & EnvironmentA team of international researchers modeled what happens to respiratory droplets when they come in contact with wet masks; their results show that damp masks are still effective at stopping these droplets from escaping the mask and being atomized into smaller, easier-to-spread aerosolized particles.
SOARS Readies for Flight
Science & EnvironmentA new miniature ocean is being constructed on UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography campus, housed under the distinctive wave-shaped roof of its iconic Hydraulics Laboratory.
Pregnant, Breastfeeding or Trying? Here’s What COVID-19 Means for You
Health & BehaviorWith holidays and winter weather approaching, concerns about COVID-19 infections are on the rise. But despite increasing access to vaccines and booster shots, one group continues to show low vaccination rates.
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