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A New Robotic Gripper Based on Measuring Tape is Sizing Up Fruit and Veggie Picking
Technology & EngineeringRobotic grippers made from measuring tape would be a particularly good fit for agriculture applications, as their extremities are soft enough to grab fragile fruits and vegetables. The devices are also low-cost and safe around humans.
UC San Diego Leads $20M Grant to Provide Commercial Cloud Resources to National Research Community
Technology & EngineeringCloudBank 2 will be a service-based resource, providing commercial cloud resources, from Jupyter Notebooks and secure data to the latest GPUs and quantum computers.
A Comprehensive Map of the Human Cell
Health & BehaviorBy mapping the subcellular architecture of tumor cells, researchers can better understand how mutations cause cancer.
Advanced Imaging Reveals Mechanisms That Cause Autoimmune Disease
Health & BehaviorThose who suffer myasthenia gravis experience muscle weakness that can affect the muscles we use to blink, smile and move our bodies. Researchers at UC San Diego’s School of Biological Sciences used a cutting-edge imaging technique to uncover new details about the mechanisms underlying the disease.
Do “Completely Dark” Dark Matter Halos Exist?
Science & EnvironmentEvery galaxy is thought to form at the center of a dark matter halo. Stars are formed when gravity within dark matter halos draws in gas, but astrophysicists don’t know whether star-free dark matter halos exist. A UC San Diego astrophysicist has calculated the mass below which halos fail to form.
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