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Biologists Develop Nanosensors to Visualize Movements and Distribution of Plant Stress Hormone

April 15, 2014

…hormone helps plants respond to drought and other environmental stresses driven by the continuing increase in the atmosphere’s carbon dioxide, or CO2, concentration.

Model Predicts How E. Coli Bacteria Adapt Under Stress

October 13, 2017

…work sheds light on how cells adapt under environmental stress and has applications in precision medicine, where adaptive cell modeling could provide patient-specific treatments for bacterial infections.

Tails of Healing: The Power of Therapy Pets

May 30, 2024

In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, discover the heartwarming world of pet therapy and learn how the De-Stress with Pups program at UC San Diego brings comfort and stress relief to members of the campus community.

Engineers elucidate why skin is resistant to tearing

April 7, 2015

Skin is remarkably resistant to tearing and a team of researchers from the University of California, San Diego and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory now have shown why.

UC San Diego Researcher Gets $4 Million NCI Award to Study Cancer Drug Resistance, Spread

December 7, 2018

David Cheresh, Distinguished Professor at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, received $4.2 million National Cancer Institute Outstanding Investigator Award to continue his research into cancer’s ability to overcome stress, gain drug resistance and metastasize.

Assessing ‘Stickiness’ of Tumor Cells Could Improve Cancer Prognosis

February 3, 2020

Researchers led by UC San Diego built a device that sorts and separates cancer cells from the same tumor based on how “sticky” they are. They found that less sticky cells migrate and invade other tissues more than their stickier counterparts, and have genes that make tumor recurrence more likely.

Scientists Date Birth of Himalayas from Newly Discovered Microplate

November 12, 2015

The discovery of the first micro-tectonic plate in the Indian Ocean has allowed scientists to pinpoint the exact timing of the tectonic plate collision that gave rise to the Himalayas. The international team, which includes researchers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at University of California, San Diego suggests that the…

Reduce Workplace Stress and Increase Productivity with UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness

December 17, 2013

The UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness has launched a WorkLife Integration Program for companies that would like to help their employees reduce stress, increase focus and improve productivity. The convenient in-house training program is designed for companies of all sizes and for employees of all organizational levels.

The Unexpected Physics Behind Turkey’s Devastating 2023 Earthquakes

August 3, 2023

A new study from researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography uses a multidisciplinary approach to unravel the complexities of the two deadly earthquakes of nearly equal strength that struck Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6, 2023.

Seismic Network Will Measure the Effects of Ocean Waves on Antarctic Ice Shelves

October 23, 2014

Starting in November, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, researchers and colleagues will embark on an ambitious and arduous mission funded by the National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs to install a seismic array on Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf.

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