Exotic particles, chilled and trapped, form giant matter wave
Science & EnvironmentPhysicists have trapped and cooled exotic particles called excitons so effectively that they condensed and cohered to form a giant matter wave.
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Commonly Used Pesticide Turns Honey Bees into ‘Picky Eaters’
Science & EnvironmentBiologists at UC San Diego have discovered that a small dose of a commonly used crop pesticide turns honey bees into “picky eaters” and affects their ability to recruit their nestmates to otherwise good sources of food.
UC San Diego Superfund Research Program Receives $15 Million Grant Renewal
Health & BehaviorThe National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health, has renewed funding for the Superfund Research Program (SRP) at the University of California, San Diego. Over the next five years, the $15 million grant will fund continued research on the molecular and genetic consequences of exposure to uncontrolled toxicants from Superfund and other hazardous waste sites.
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Business & EconomicsTime lines and number lines —so familiar, so basic, they’re taken for granted. But if you think that the way you think about these fundamental concepts is hardwired, you might want to think again, says UC San Diego cognitive scientist Rafael Núñez.
Survivor Beach Brings Community Together in Fight to ‘Wipe Out’ Cancer June 10
Health & BehaviorThe beach of La Jolla Shores will be home to a possible record-breaking line of surfboards on June 10, as hundreds of cancer survivors, caregivers, friends and surfers gather together in solidarity in the fight to wipe out cancer. As part of UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center’s 6th annual Survivor Beach, attendees will line surfboards along the shore, nose-to-tail, from Scripps Pier down La Jolla Shores, in a stunning visual display.
Green ‘Pond Scum’ Holds Hope for Producing Edible Vaccine Against Malaria
Science & EnvironmentMost people know by now that algae are a promising source of biofuels that could supplement and eventually replace the world’s declining reserves of oil.
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