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UC San Diego Excels in Nature ‘Total Research Output’ Ranking

The University of California, San Diego has been ranked 6th in the nation – and 2nd among all U.S. public institutions – for total research output.

Signaling Molecule Crucial to Stem Cell Reprogramming

While investigating a rare genetic disorder, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered that a ubiquitous signaling molecule is crucial to cellular reprogramming, a finding with significant implications for stem cell-based regenerative medicine, wound repair therapies and potential cancer treatments.

UC San Diego’s Brown Briefs Congress on Brain Development, Substance Use in Young

Sandra A. Brown, vice chancellor for research at UC San Diego, was a featured speaker at an October Congressional Briefing in Washington, D.C., where she shared important findings on adolescent neurodevelopment with other scientists and national leaders.

Selfies Reach New Heights with Wearable Drone

A team of developers that includes UC San Diego cognitive science alumna Jelena Jovanovic has won the $500,000 grand prize in Intel’s Make It Wearable challenge for their wrist-mounted drone. The device—named Nixie—can travel a fixed distance from its owner to take a photo or video of them, and then return. Images or video can instantly be shared with friends.

Scripps Climate Researcher among 100 Foreign Policy Global Thinkers of 2014

Foreign Policy magazine has named Veerabhadran Ramanathan, a distinguished professor of climate and atmospheric sciences at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, as one of its 100 Leading Global Thinkers of 2014.

Barcodes for Bugs: Biology Students Build Databases of Biodiversity

If, when strolling through the coastal sage atop the Scripps Coastal Reserve just west of campus, you come across students peering closely into the foliage, consider yourself fortunate to witness some very basic science – and very important biology – in the making.