United Nations Holds Southern California’s First Hackathon at UC San Diego
UC San Diego's recent Reboot the Earth event challenged students and developers to create innovative software for wildfire prevention and crisis communication.
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Second Time’s the Charm for Seadragon Eggs
Fresh off hatching his last brood, a male Weedy Seadragon at Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego is already carrying a second clutch of eggs.
First Ever Reported Cryo-EM Visualization of E. coli TGT Structure
Scientists use E. coli TGT as a primary model to understand how TGT works in other bacteria, but have struggled to visualize its atomic structure. UC San Diego biochemistry professor Neal Devaraj’s lab has captured the first cryo-EM visualizations of E. coli TGT structure.
2 Million Cars with Anti-Theft Systems Installed by Dealers are at Higher Risk of Theft
At least 2.2 million cars on the road today are vulnerable to an attack that allows thieves to lock and unlock doors and immobilize vehicle engines remotely via a Bluetooth connection, computer scientists at the University of California San Diego have found.
Personalized Gene Therapy Helps Teen with Rare Form of Severe Epilepsy Walk Independently
UC San Diego researchers and their colleagues designed short strands of DNA to target protein production by disease-causing mutations, dramatically reducing seizures and sparking developmental gains, helping one teenager walk independently.
UC San Diego Partners with Innovative Genomics Institute on the Next Generation of Genome Editing
The new partnership is designed to jointly develop cutting-edge genomic tools for addressing large-scale challenges in health and the environment. The partnership combines research strengths in environmental and marine science, engineering and computer science and biomedical and life sciences.
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