How Brain Tumors Turn Immune Cells into Cancer-Growing Hostages
Health & BehaviorResearchers discover that brain cancer tumors reprogram immune cells to help them grow, rather than suppress them.
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Airbnb Hosts in College Towns Hike up Prices Game Days to Deter Rival Fans
Business & EconomicsAirbnb hosts in college towns increase their listing prices much more than hotels when there are home football games against rival teams. Hosts experience a 78 percent reduction in rental income by listing prices too high, according to a new study by the University of California San Diego.
San Diego Supercomputer Center, Core Scientific Form New Partnership
Science & EnvironmentSDSC’s Expanse platform via Core Scientific’s Plexus software stack offers users a consumption-based, high-performance computing model that solves for on-premise infrastructure and can run HPC workloads in supercomputer centers as well as in any of the major public cloud providers.
New Assessment Examines 10 Reasons Why the Coronavirus Is Airborne
Health & BehaviorThere is consistent, strong evidence that the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, is predominantly transmitted through the air, according to a new assessment published April 15 in the medical journal Lancet.
IceCube Neutrino Observatory Detects New High-Energy Particle
Science & EnvironmentIn December 2016, a high-energy particle called an electron antineutrino hurtled to Earth from outer space at close to the speed of light. Deep inside the ice sheet at the South Pole, it smashed into an electron and produced a particle that quickly decayed into a shower of secondary particles.
Study Uses Precision Medicine to Speed Drug Testing for Pancreatic Cancer
Health & BehaviorMoores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health is among the few clinical trial sites in the U.S. for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN) newly created Precision Promise, the first large-scale precision medicine trial designed to transform outcomes for patients with pancreatic cancer.
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