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.
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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.
Illuminating Dark Matter in Human DNA
Health & BehaviorUC San Diego researchers have produced a single-cell chromatin atlas for the human genome. Delineating chromatin regions in cells of different human tissue types would be a major step toward understanding the role of gene regulatory elements (non-coding DNA) in human health or disease.
New Research Helps Explain the Genetic Basis of Why We Look the Way We Do
Health & BehaviorComparing features of a common laboratory fruit fly with its rarer cousin collected from Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, UC San Diego researchers used CRISPR technology to uncover clues about how high-level control genes called Hox genes shape our appearance.
Size Matters for Bee ‘Superorganism’ Colonies
Science & EnvironmentResearchers studying honey bees have found that colony size matters in determining how members make decisions in the face of dynamic survival conditions. Large, established colonies are less likely to take chances while smaller colonies are much more willing to take risks.
A Target for Potential Cancer Drugs May, In Fact, Worsen Disease
Health & BehaviorResearchers reveal a previously unrealized complexity in cancer development, one that raises concerns and caution about targeting an enzyme popular in oncological treatments.
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