UCSD’s SynBio Team Wins Second-Best in the World
UC San Diego’s synthetic biology student org earned the title of best team in North America at this year’s iGEM competition. Not many
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Film Review: “Annihilation”
“Annihilation” stuns with its impressionistic visuals and compelling premise, but it’s not enough to make it a science fiction classic. In “Annihilation,” a
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IT Services Launches Cybersecurity Awareness Campaign
The UC San Diego Office of Information Technology Services announced a new cyber security awareness campaign this month. The campaign is intended to
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Researchers Reveal Possible Treatment for Ovarian Cancer
In a study commenced in 2012 at UC San Diego’s Moores Cancer Center, researchers have revealed a possible drug mixture treatment for ovarian
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Scientists Integrate Human Stem Cells Into Pig Embryos
Researchers at the Salk Institute of Biological Sciences published a new study reporting their integration of human stem cells into developing pig embryos
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Defunding Environmental Research Will Hinder Progress at Universities Reliant on Grants
In March of 1958, scientist Charles Keeling began monitoring atmospheric carbon dioxide levels at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the behest of
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Researchers Discover New Species of Seadragon
Scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Western Australian Museum published a study in the Marine Biodiversity Records journal on Jan.
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Climate Change Models May Have Prediction Bias
A research article, published on Jan. 4, suggests that much of the climate change models predicting our future weather patterns may show a systematic
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Researchers Discover Neurons that Indicate Direction of Travel
Researchers at UC San Diego have discovered a subpopulation of neurons that encode the axis of travel on a multi-path setting. The results,
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Film Review: “Arrival”
The deep empathy held for family is far from a congruous experience. A parent’s gentle touch remains a faded, yet warm, memory. A
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