June 18, 2024
Seven UC San Diego students have been selected to receive 2024 Undergraduate Library Research Prize (ULRP) awards and honorable mentions. An annual awards program that enriches the undergraduate student experience at UC San Diego, the ULRP celebrates the strategic use of UC San Diego Library services, resources and expertise in…
August 20, 2020
…and wash their hands regularly. She asked her manager if she should be concerned. Everything is okay, replied her manager, who further explained that the signage was following county protocols to ensure people were complying with preventative measures. “The next week I began to feel sick,” said Anna, who is…
November 14, 2019
Researchers identified non-coding regions of the human genome that control the development and function of four brain cell types and mapped genetic risk variants for psychiatric diseases. They found that risk variants for Alzheimer’s disease were enriched in microglia-specific regulatory elements.
June 25, 2020
The University of California San Diego today announced the next step in its Return to Learn program, which will guide an incremental repopulation of the campus while offering broad, asymptomatic testing for faculty, staff and students on a recurring basis to detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2, the no
July 22, 2021
UC San Diego engineers developed a soft, stretchy ultrasound patch that can be worn on the skin to monitor blood flow through vessels deep inside the body. Such a device can make it easier to detect cardiovascular problems, like blockages in the arteries that could lead to strokes or heart…
November 14, 2019
…Malhotra Vaping is not regulated like traditional tobacco products. “Each time someone inhales heated and aerosolized e-liquid (commonly referred to as e-cigarette vapor), they are exposed to 60 to 100 chemicals that their lungs were never meant to interact with, and none of those chemicals have been adequately tested for…
April 19, 2018
For Angela Valdez, being diagnosed with diabetes was an awakening. The disorder ran in her family, but she didn’t think it would happen to her. And when it did, she acted by modifying her diet and physical activity. She was doing everything right - almost.
September 3, 2020
…shuttles, as well as regular cleaning of shuttle surfaces, parking pay stations and elevator controls. Screening and testing All UC San Diego employees and students who are reporting to campus or any other physical UC San Diego location are required to complete and submit a daily self-screening for COVID-19. There…
April 19, 2018
…track their blood glucose regularly. According to Dr. Edward Chao, associate clinical professor of medicine at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and a physician at VA San Diego Healthcare System, one quarter of persons receiving insulin treatment infrequently or never test their blood glucose. Another 65 percent…
July 15, 2020
From mRNA vaccines entering clinical trials, to peptide-based vaccines and using molecular farming to scale vaccine production, the COVID-19 pandemic is pushing new and emerging nanotechnologies into the frontlines and the headlines.
