June 20, 2016
A Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego-led research team studied satellite-tracked manta rays to shed light on the lives of these mysterious ocean giants.
April 18, 2016
Have you had the experience of being just on the verge of saying something when the phone rang? Did you then forget what it is you were going to say? A study of the brain’s electrical activity offers a new explanation of how that happens. Published in Nature Communications, the…
December 23, 2014
Engineers at the University of California, San Diego, have launched a new center of excellence focused on developing better ways to protect buildings, bridges, dams and the rest of the built infrastructure, as well as the human body, from extreme events such as blasts from terrorist attacks, mining explosions, car…
September 30, 2024
Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine find that limiting food consumption within a 10-hour window each day improved key markers of heart health.
April 27, 2020
Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine and three German universities describe an underlying biological basis for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, illustrating how efforts by the body to boost immune system protections can come at physiological cost elsewhere.
October 31, 2024
As part of its ongoing commitment to support the well-being of its campus community members, UC San Diego recently hosted two days of workshops entitled “Mental Health: Practical Strategies to Manage Emotions in Our Daily Lives,” held in both Spanish and English.
April 11, 2019
…parts of the heart muscle that cause erratic electrical signals in the heart. One potential complication of the surgery is the esophagus being fused with an artery. The students’ interface is designed to help surgeons avoid that. It is worn on the forearm and connected to a temperature probe inside…
August 13, 2018
By stacking and connecting layers of stretchable circuits on top of one another, engineers have developed an approach to build soft, pliable “3D stretchable electronics” that can pack a lot of functions while staying thin and small in size. The work is published in the Aug. 13 issue of Nature…
November 8, 2024
Researchers at UC San Diego identify a key pathway leading to neurodegeneration in early stages of ALS, hinting at the potential for short-circuiting the progression of the fatal disease if diagnosed early.
April 1, 2024
UC San Diego researcher, Farah Sheikh, studies a genetic heart arrhythmia condition that usually strikes people under 40. Her research will be used in clinical trials of a treatment for ARV.
