Engineers Find Inspiration for New Materials in Piranha-proof Armor
Science & EnvironmentIt’s a matchup worthy of a late-night cable movie: put a school of starving piranha and a 300-pound fish together, and who comes out the winner?
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UC San Diego Professor Kim Barrett Selected President-Elect of the American Physiological Society
Health & BehaviorKim E. Barrett, PhD, professor of medicine and dean of graduate studies at the University of California, San Diego, will become president-elect of the American Physiological Society (APS).
Science Frontiers Showcased at Scripps
Science & EnvironmentFrom prediction of algal blooms that could poison seafood to identification of subseafloor oil deposits to an effort for the military to borrow camouflage techniques from octopi, the cross-section of research presented at Scripps Institution of Oceanography Jan. 19 ran the gamut from practical to fantastical.
Google Earth Ocean Terrain Receives Major Update
Science & EnvironmentInternet information giant Google updated ocean data in its Google Earth application this week, reflecting new bathymetry data assembled by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, NOAA researchers and many other ocean mapping groups from around the world.
UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center Offers New Hope for Deadly Brain Tumor
Health & BehaviorJim Black is fighting the meanest, most aggressive, most common kind of brain tumor in the United States: recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). In the United States, each year, approximately 10,000 patients are affected by GBM. Now, a novel investigational device – available only at clinical trial sites – is offering new hope to these patients.
Heat and Cold Damage Corals in Their Own Ways, Scripps Study Shows
Science & EnvironmentAround the world coral reefs are facing threats brought by climate change and dramatic shifts in sea temperatures. While ocean warming has been the primary focus for scientists and ocean policy managers, cold events can also cause large-scale coral bleaching events.
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