NIH Awards $15.8 Million to University of California for Study of Latino Brain Health
A multisite study led by UC San Diego and UC Davis will examine changes in brain imaging, blood biomarkers and cognition over time in Latino and Hispanic people.
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UC San Diego researchers reveal new insights into how breast cancer spreads, shedding new light on a common cause of cancer-related deaths.
Bee Dancing is Better with the Right Audience
Dance like nobody’s watching? Not quite, at least not for honey bees. A new study finds that bees performing the “waggle dance,” a form of food source communication, are not simply broadcasting a predetermined message. Rather, the precision of the performer’s directions depends on the audience.
From Dog Soundboards to Smarter AI: What Animal Communication Reveals
Why does studying animal communication matter — and what might it teach us about building better AI? Federico Rossano, associate professor of cognitive science is pursuing those questions with groundbreaking work to understand animal intelligence.
How One Receptor Can Help — or Hurt — Your Blood Vessels
A single receptor in blood vessels can trigger either harmful inflammation or protective healing, but scientists have struggled to understand how this is possible. UC San Diego research has now answered this outstanding question.
Blood Test Predicts Dementia in Women as Many as 25 Years Before Symptoms Begin
Measured in blood samples, the biomarker p-tau217 was strongly linked to future dementia risk across decades of follow-up in a large, diverse cohort of U.S. women.
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