Medical Students Learn Residency Fate at Match Day
Health & BehaviorThe Oscars haven’t got anything on the suspense and excitement of this envelope opening ceremony.
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New Incisionless Surgery to Treat Enlarged Prostate
Health & BehaviorBy age 60, more than 50 percent of men in the United States suffer from benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a condition that leads to annoying changes in urinary flow. While medical therapy is usually the first line of treatment, a new minimally invasive implant can dramatically reduce symptoms for men.
3D Human Skin Maps Aid Study of Relationships Between Molecules, Microbes and Environment
Health & BehaviorResearchers at the University of California, San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences produced 3D maps of molecular and microbial variations across the body. These maps provide a baseline for studies of the interplay between the molecules that make up our skin, our microbiomes, our personal hygiene routines and other environmental factors. The study, published March 30 by PNAS, may help further our understanding of the skin’s role in human health and disease.
Qualcomm Institute Launches Industry Innovation Space on UC San Diego Campus
Business & EconomicsWorking closely with other campus entities to translate ideas from the lab into products and companies in the marketplace, the Qualcomm Institute has launched an Innovation Space where qualified faculty startups, industry partners or national laboratories can lease office or lab space inside the research institute’s headquarters building on the University of California, San Diego campus.
Engineers Develop Methods to Speed Up Simulations in Computational Grand Challenge Problems
Science & EnvironmentEngineers at the University of California, San Diego, have developed a new family of methods to significantly increase the speed of time-resolved numerical simulations in computational grand challenge problems. Such problems often arise from the high-resolution approximation of the partial differential equations governing complex flows of fluids or plasmas. The breakthrough could be applied to simulations that include millions or billions of variables, including turbulence simulations.
Antarctic Ice Shelves Rapidly Thinning
Science & EnvironmentA new study led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego researchers has revealed that the thickness of Antarctica’s floating ice shelves has recently decreased by as much as 18 percent in certain areas over nearly two decades, providing new insights on how the Antarctic ice sheet is responding to climate change.
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