How Brain Ripples Keep Memory Online
Working memory is essential to our daily functioning, but there are still unanswered questions about how it works. UC San Diego researchers are helping answer them.
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As New World Screwworm Returns to the U.S., UC San Diego and San Diego County Team Up to Track Risks
A new dashboard tracks New World screwworm risk levels county by county.
Flesh-eating Screwworms Have Returned. Which New Technologies Could Stop Them?
New World screwworm flies, highly destructive parasitic insects, have returned to parts of the U.S. and pose a significant danger. Professor Omar Akbari discusses how the insect was eliminated in the past and the ways new genetics technologies could help combat today’s threat.
Why Is Discovering Exoplanets Important?
UC San Diego postdoc Aidan Gibbs explains why finding exoplanets, which orbit around stars other than our sun, can help us better understand our own solar system and home planet.
Mark Thiemens Receives the Magellanic Premium, America’s Oldest Medal
UC San Diego Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Mark Thiemens is the 43rd recipient of the Magellanic Premium, given by the American Philosophical Society. Thiemens was recognized for his groundbreaking work in mass-independent isotope fractionation.
Corn Stalks. It’s What’s for Dinner … If You’re a Microbe.
Engineers have developed a strain of a common bacterial species that can feed exclusively on the three major sugars present in corn stalks. This work has exciting implications for the future of biomanufacturing.
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