Exotic particles, chilled and trapped, form giant matter wave
Physicists have trapped and cooled exotic particles called excitons so effectively that they condensed and cohered to form a giant matter wave.
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Commonly Used Pesticide Turns Honey Bees into ‘Picky Eaters’
Biologists at UC San Diego have discovered that a small dose of a commonly used crop pesticide turns honey bees into “picky eaters” and affects their ability to recruit their nestmates to otherwise good sources of food.
UC San Diego Superfund Research Program Receives $15 Million Grant Renewal
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health, has renewed funding for the Superfund Research Program (SRP) at the University of California, San Diego. Over the next five years, the $15 million grant will fund continued research on the molecular and genetic consequences of exposure to uncontrolled toxicants from Superfund and other hazardous waste sites.
Green ‘Pond Scum’ Holds Hope for Producing Edible Vaccine Against Malaria
Most people know by now that algae are a promising source of biofuels that could supplement and eventually replace the world’s declining reserves of oil.
UC San Diego Researchers in Florence Explore New Ways to Search for Lost Leonardo Mural
In 1505 Leonardo da Vinci began painting a mural – to commemorate the Battle of Anghiari – in the Palazzo Vecchio’s Great Hall, the seat of government in Renaissance Florence.
More Plant Species Responding to Global Warming Than Previously Thought
Far more wild plant species may be responding to global warming than previous large-scale estimates have suggested.
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