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Cancer Patients Facing Housing Instability Show Greater Risk of Mortality

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Cancer Patients Facing Housing Instability Show Greater Risk of Mortality

Adults Show Poorer Cognition, Better Well-Being with Age

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Adults Show Poorer Cognition, Better Well-Being with Age

New NSF Center of Excellence in Cyberinfrastructure Announced

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SDSC, Indiana University, University of Texas to Build Science Gateway Service Platform

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $5 million grant for a collaborative five-year project under which researchers at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego will help develop and build a Science Gateway Platform (SciGaP) as a service to advance scientific discovery by providing researchers improved access to a variety of hosted or cloud services.

SDSC, Indiana University, University of Texas to Build Science Gateway Service Platform

Costly Cigarettes and Smoke-Free Homes

Health & Behavior

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine say high-priced cigarettes and smoke-free homes effectively reduce smoking behaviors among low-income individuals – a demographic in which tobacco use has remained comparatively high.

Costly Cigarettes and Smoke-Free Homes

Vitamin D Does Not Contribute to Kidney Stones, Study Asserts

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Increased vitamin D levels may prevent a wide range of diseases, according to recent studies. However, some previous studies led to a concern that vitamin D supplementation could increase an individual’s risk of developing kidney stones.

Vitamin D Does Not Contribute to Kidney Stones, Study Asserts

Rocketing Ahead

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On a hot Saturday afternoon in the Mojave Desert, a team of UC San Diego engineering students huddled in a small underground bunker and watched quietly as the rocket engine they had designed over the past eight months flared to life on a test platform. As a jet of rocket fuel sprang out of the engine at supersonic speed, the students cheered loudly.

Rocketing Ahead

Leaders Convene to Discuss Solutions to Challenges Facing U.S. Engineering

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Industry, government, media and UC San Diego academic leaders discussed solutions to the challenges facing the U.S. engineering enterprise at the National Engineering Forum (NEF) on Oct.10 at the Robert Payne Scripps Seaside Forum at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Partnering with the NEF, UC San Diego co-hosted the dialogue with the Council on Competitiveness and Lockheed Martin.

Leaders Convene to Discuss Solutions to Challenges Facing U.S. Engineering

Albert P. Pisano Joins UC San Diego as Dean of Jacobs School of Engineering

Technology & Engineering

When Albert “Al” P. Pisano, the new dean of the Jacobs School of Engineering, recently described UC San Diego, he said, “This is a campus of energy. It’s a campus of surging forward. It’s a campus of collaboration. This campus feels like home to me. I think it’s a great place, and I’m very happy to be here.”

Albert P. Pisano Joins UC San Diego as Dean of Jacobs School of Engineering

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Physical Activity May Have a Stronger Role than Genes in Longevity

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How Changes in Length of Day Change the Brain and Subsequent Behavior

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A schematic showing sunlight cues neuronal signals in the suprachiasmatic nucleus in the brain.

$150 Million Gift Takes Stem Cell Research to New Heights

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T. Denny Sanford, Catriona Jamieson, MD, PhD, and Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla celebrate the establishment of the UC San Diego Sanford Stem Cell Institute.

Cancer Patients Facing Housing Instability Show Greater Risk of Mortality

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Cancer Patients Facing Housing Instability Show Greater Risk of Mortality

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SOARS: The Ocean Simulator Making Waves in Climate Science

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UC San Diego Health Ranks #1 in San Diego by U.S. News and World Report

UC San Diego Health Ranks #1 in San Diego by U.S. News and World Report

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UC San Diego Health Ranks #1 in San Diego by U.S. News and World Report

Little Blue Penguins Make San Diego Debut at Birch Aquarium

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