Active Surveillance Safe for African Americans with Low-Risk Prostate Cancer
Researchers with UC San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center say active surveillance is safe for African American men with low-risk prostate cancer.
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Energizing Plastics Renewability, Recycling Efforts
Research proposals by Professors Michael Burkart and Jon Pokorski were selected for funding as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Plastics Innovation Challenge to accelerate energy-efficient plastics recycling technologies.
Infection by Confection: COVID-19 and the Risk of Trick-or-Treating
Researchers determined that COVID-19 transmission risk via Halloween candies is low, even when they are handled by infected people, but handwashing and disinfecting collected sweets reduces risk even further.
A Gift with ‘Seed Value’
Climate change advocate Marshall Saunders was widely known as a man who paired a deep respect for others with determination to make a difference.
NSF Grants $53 Million to Create a Global Fleet of Robotic Floats to Monitor Ocean Health
On Oct. 29, 2020 the National Science Foundation (NSF) approved a $53 million grant to a consortium of the country’s top ocean-research institutions to build a global network of chemical and biological sensors that will monitor ocean health.
$39 Million Grant to Better Integrate Renewables into Power Grid
The National Science Foundation has awarded $39 million to a team of engineers and computer scientists at UC San Diego to build a first-of-its-kind testbed to better understand how to integrate distributed energy sources into the power grid.
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