Unlocking Global Warming Gridlock
Politics & SocietyDavid Victor, an internationally recognized leader in research on energy and climate change policy, has a message to policymakers around the globe: time is running out.
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Report: ‘Frictionless Border’ Would Benefit U.S., Mexico
Business & EconomicsA comprehensive research report prepared by a coalition of nationally-respected urban economic experts contends that both the United States and Mexico would benefit significantly from establishing what is termed a “frictionless border.”
Nanoengineers Develop Basis for Electronics That Stretch at the Molecular Level
Science & EnvironmentNanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego are asking what might be possible if semiconductor materials were flexible and stretchable without sacrificing electronic function? Today’s flexible electronics are already enabling a new generation of wearable sensors and other mobile electronic devices. But these flexible electronics, in which very thin semiconductor materials are applied to a thin, flexible substrate in wavy patterns and then applied to a deformable surface such as skin or fabric, are still built around hard composite materials that limit their elasticity.
Teen Mentored by UC San Diego Professors Wins $250,000 in Science Prizes
Science & EnvironmentA 17-year-old senior at Canyon Crest Academy in San Diego’s North County recently won not one, but three major science competitions after being mentored by two University of California, San Diego, professors in a project that combined supercomputer modeling with experimental research to speed up the discovery of influenza virus inhibitors.
Detecting Fetal Chromosomal Defects Without Risk
Health & BehaviorA team of scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and in China describe a new benchtop semiconductor sequencing procedure and newly developed bioinformatics software tools that are fast, accurate, portable, less expensive and can be completed without harm to mother or fetus.
Genetic Risk Factor for Premature Birth Found
Health & BehaviorResearchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered a genetic risk factor for premature birth. The risk factor is related to a gene that codes for a protein that the scientists have found helps the body’s immune cells recognize and fight Group B Streptococcus (GBS) bacteria.
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