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A Subtle Difference Offers Insight Into Bacteria Survival Strategies
8+ hour, 31+ min ago (270+ words) New research shows not all bacteria behave the same as E. coli E. coli grow as fast as conditions allow " sometimes doubling every 20 minutes " so even in adverse conditions, the bacteria continue to multiply as quickly as possible. From an evolutionary point…...
UC San Diego Honors Community, Legacy and Achievement at 6th Annual Juneteenth Celebration
6+ hour, 10+ min ago (439+ words) UC San Diego's Black Staff Association brought the campus together on June 16 for its 6th Annual Juneteenth Celebration and I Am Black Excellence Awards Celebration in the Great Hall. This year's theme for the sold-out event was "A Family Affair: Embrace…...
UC San Diego Helps Prepare AI Tourism Assistant for World Cup Crowds
18+ hour, 46+ min ago (232+ words) As Mexico City prepared for the surge of international visitors expected during the FIFA World Cup, developers behind an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tourism assistant turned to the University of California San Diego Hal'c'o'lu School of Data Science and Computing…...
Neurobiologists Improve Symptoms of Huntington's Disease with Targeted Brain Stimulation in Mice
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (582+ words) International team identifies disrupted neural circuits behind the disorder, then applies cutting-edge technique to restore more normal brain activity and improve movement University of California San Diego neurobiologists, working with scientists in Germany, identified and tracked neurons involved in Huntington's…...
From the Baseline to the Kitchen
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (378+ words) Former UC San Diego tennis players Naomi Nguyen and Daniel Traxler left the sport they'd mastered to chase a new dream on the professional pickleball circuit Traxler and Nguyen recently joined the Tritoncast podcast to talk about the differences between…...
UC San Diego Researchers Uncover Precision Medicine Strategy for Rare Inherited Muscle Disorders
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (442+ words) Scientists at the University of California San Diego have uncovered how genetic mutations cause a rare group of inherited neuromuscular disorders and identified promising new strategies to correct them, including a potential new use for an existing antidepressant. The study,…...
Spent EV Batteries Get Second Life as Higher-Performance Battery Material
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (439+ words) A new approach to battery recycling could turn today's electric vehicle waste into the building blocks of tomorrow's higher-performing batteries. The findings were published in Joule. Chen's lab had previously developed an eco-friendly method to restore spent LFP back into…...
Margaret Roberts Named Director of UC San Diego's 21st Century China Center
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (214+ words) Roberts is an internationally recognized scholar whose work focuses on digital politics, information, China and U. S. -China relations Margaret (Molly) Roberts has been appointed director of the 21st Century China Center at the University of California San Diego School of Global Policy…...
Four UC San Diego Music Faculty and Alumni Receive American Academy of Arts and Letters Awards
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (434+ words) Two faculty members and two alumni from the University of California San Diego Department of Music have received fellowships and awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a prestigious honor society that recognizes exceptional achievement among contemporary composers,…...
Scientists Identify Houston Power Plant as Dominant Source of Cloud-Forming Aerosols
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (257+ words) Power plant particles are also the size frequently associated with respiratory illnesses Research by atmospheric scientists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography and colleagues pinpointed an individual coal-fired power plant in Houston, Texas, as the main source of…...