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Newswise: U.S. News Names UC San Diego Graduate Programs Among Top 10 in Nation
Released: 29-Mar-2022 12:55 PM EDT
U.S. News Names UC San Diego Graduate Programs Among Top 10 in Nation
University of California San Diego

U.S. News & World Report today released its 2023 Best Graduate Schools rankings, naming graduate programs and professional schools at the University of California San Diego among the best in the country.

Newswise: Unstable Molecule Clicks with Synthetic Strategy
Released: 25-Mar-2022 11:00 AM EDT
Unstable Molecule Clicks with Synthetic Strategy
University of California San Diego

Capitalizing on the diagonal relationship between phosphorus and carbon, researchers at the University of California San Diego report binding diphosphorus to a single metal ion center through coordination chemistry, something that had historically remained elusive.

Newswise:Video Embedded concert-hall-acoustics-for-non-invasive-ultrasound-brain-treatments
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Released: 23-Mar-2022 8:00 AM EDT
Concert hall acoustics for non-invasive ultrasound brain treatments
University of California San Diego

A team led by engineers at the University of California San Diego has developed a device that is a first step to enabling noninvasive, ultrasound-based therapies for the brain. For example, ultrasound waves are currently being used in clinical trials to treat epilepsy.

   
Newswise: Financial Incentives Can Reduce Vaccine Hesitancy, but only in Large Amounts
Released: 14-Mar-2022 11:05 PM EDT
Financial Incentives Can Reduce Vaccine Hesitancy, but only in Large Amounts
University of California San Diego

Financial incentives and other nudges have been used to help increase vaccination rates across the nation, but new research from the University of California San Diego’s Rady School of Management reveals that compensations need to be large—at least $100—to reduce vaccine hesitancy.

   
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8-Mar-2022 3:25 PM EST
Researchers ID Sex Pheromone of Invasive Giant Hornet
University of California San Diego

Scientists have developed a method for tracking the invasive Asian giant “murder” hornet’s presence and possibly accelerate its removal. The researchers identified the Asian giant hornet queen’s sex pheromone, an achievement that could be used as bait to trap and track the insects.

Newswise: Recently Discovered Protein Turbocharges Gene Expression
Released: 9-Mar-2022 9:05 PM EST
Recently Discovered Protein Turbocharges Gene Expression
University of California San Diego

Scientists at UC San Diego and Rutgers University have found intriguing new details about a previously missing critical factor in gene expression. An ancient protein called NDF found in all human tissues enhances gene activation and may be involved in diseases such as cancer.

Newswise: Meddling with Metals: Escaping the Tyranny of Copper
Released: 4-Mar-2022 4:20 PM EST
Meddling with Metals: Escaping the Tyranny of Copper
University of California San Diego

Researchers in the University of California San Diego’s Division of Physical Sciences have reported a new protein-design strategy to sidestep the Irving-Williams Series, allowing proteins to bind to other metals ahead of copper.

Released: 2-Mar-2022 6:05 PM EST
Online Tutoring Study Shows Cause for Optimism
University of California San Diego

A recent pilot program measuring the results of online tutoring for K-12 students has shown positive, promising results, according to a new study from the University of California San Diego’s Rady School of Management.

Newswise: A Voice Inside My Head: The Persuasive Power Headphones Have on Listeners
Released: 22-Feb-2022 9:30 PM EST
A Voice Inside My Head: The Persuasive Power Headphones Have on Listeners
University of California San Diego

Americans spend an average of four hours per day listening to audio either on headphones or on speakers, but there are major differences in the psychological effects between the two mediums. Headphones have a much more powerful impact on listeners’ perceptions, judgments and behaviors.

Newswise: Many Firearm Buyers and Sellers do not Comply with Assault Weapons Bans
Released: 22-Feb-2022 7:05 AM EST
Many Firearm Buyers and Sellers do not Comply with Assault Weapons Bans
University of California San Diego

With the number of mass killings by firearms rapidly increasing from 270 in 2014 to 693 in 2021, President Biden recently called for the reinstatement of the federal assault weapons ban as a way to curtail gun violence. But how effective are weapons bans and will the market comply with them?

Newswise: Daily Activities Like Washing Dishes Reduced Heart Disease Risk in Senior Women
17-Feb-2022 11:00 AM EST
Daily Activities Like Washing Dishes Reduced Heart Disease Risk in Senior Women
University of California San Diego

Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at University of California San Diego researchers studied the impact of daily life movement to cardiovascular disease risk using a machine-learning algorithm and found decrease in risk with increased activity.

Newswise: Flies Possess More Sophisticated Cognitive Abilities than Previously Known
Released: 16-Feb-2022 5:05 PM EST
Flies Possess More Sophisticated Cognitive Abilities than Previously Known
University of California San Diego

Common flies feature more advanced cognitive abilities than previously believed. Using a custom-built immersive virtual reality arena, neurogenetics and real-time brain activity imaging, researchers found attention, working memory and conscious awareness-like capabilities in fruit flies.

   
Newswise: Physicists Apply FAIRness to Data Studies
Released: 15-Feb-2022 5:35 PM EST
Physicists Apply FAIRness to Data Studies
University of California San Diego

Researchers from UC San Diego, Argonne, MIT and more laid out a set of practices to guide the curation of high energy physics datasets that make them more FAIR--findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable.

7-Feb-2022 5:05 PM EST
Simplifying RNA editing for treating genetic diseases
University of California San Diego

New research led by bioengineers at the University of California San Diego could make it much simpler to repair disease-causing mutations in RNA without compromising precision or efficiency. The new RNA editing technology holds promise as a gene therapy for treating genetic diseases. In a proof of concept, UC San Diego researchers showed that the technology can treat a mouse model of Hurler syndrome, a rare genetic disease, by correcting its disease-causing mutation in RNA.

Newswise: Hungry for Love: Gut Molecule Discovered that Flips the Feeding-to-Mating Switch
8-Feb-2022 7:05 PM EST
Hungry for Love: Gut Molecule Discovered that Flips the Feeding-to-Mating Switch
University of California San Diego

Scientists have identified a molecule released from the fruit fly gut after a protein-rich meal that switches their focus from eating to courtship. The discovery of Dh31, a type of chemical messenger, opens the door to unexplored areas of gut-to-brain communication.

   
Newswise: Mapping Mutation ‘Hotspots’ in Cancer Reveals New Drivers and Biomarkers
7-Feb-2022 2:45 PM EST
Mapping Mutation ‘Hotspots’ in Cancer Reveals New Drivers and Biomarkers
University of California San Diego

UC San Diego researchers have identified a previously unrecognized key player in cancer evolution: clusters of mutations occurring at certain regions of the genome. These mutation clusters contribute to the progression of about 10% of human cancers and can be used to predict patient survival.

Newswise: Adoption of E-cigarettes for Smoking Cessation in 2017 Low and Ineffective
4-Feb-2022 12:25 PM EST
Adoption of E-cigarettes for Smoking Cessation in 2017 Low and Ineffective
University of California San Diego

Smokers were not early adopters of high nicotine e-cigarettes as cessation aids despite the rapid growth of sales of these products in 2017, report Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at University of California San Diego researchers.

Newswise: Social Isolation and Loneliness Increase Heart Disease Risk in Senior Women
31-Jan-2022 5:05 PM EST
Social Isolation and Loneliness Increase Heart Disease Risk in Senior Women
University of California San Diego

Data from a UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science study point to as much as a 27% increase in heart disease risk in postmenopausal women who experience both high levels of social isolation and loneliness.

Newswise: A Map for the Sense of Smell
Released: 31-Jan-2022 1:45 PM EST
A Map for the Sense of Smell
University of California San Diego

Our sensory systems provide us with immediate information about the world around us. Researchers have created the first sensory map for smell. The map details how the fruit fly’s olfactory receptor neurons, the components that sense smell, are organized within the insect’s sensory hairs.

Newswise: Step Up: Walking May Reduce Type 2 Diabetes Risk for Adults 65 and Older
20-Jan-2022 10:00 AM EST
Step Up: Walking May Reduce Type 2 Diabetes Risk for Adults 65 and Older
University of California San Diego

UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health study reports that the more steps taken, and the more intense, the lower the risk of Type 2 diabetes among women 65 and older.

Newswise: New Tool Assesses Evolutionary Risks of Antibiotics
Released: 19-Jan-2022 1:30 PM EST
New Tool Assesses Evolutionary Risks of Antibiotics
University of California San Diego

Countering a rising antibiotic resistance crisis, doctors now prescribe combinations of antibiotics. Yet many risks are involved with such multi-drug combinations. Scientists have developed a way to help doctors evaluate outcomes for different drug pairs and boost the odds of successful treatment.

Newswise: Genetic Strategy Reverses Insecticide Resistance
Released: 15-Jan-2022 4:00 PM EST
Genetic Strategy Reverses Insecticide Resistance
University of California San Diego

Using CRISPR/Cas9 technology, scientists have genetically created a method to reverse insecticide resistance. Their gene replacement strategy offers a new way to fight deadly malaria spread and reduce the use of pesticides that protect valuable food crops.

Newswise: Biologists Pinpoint Key Factor in Immune System Response to Viral Infection
Released: 13-Jan-2022 8:05 PM EST
Biologists Pinpoint Key Factor in Immune System Response to Viral Infection
University of California San Diego

Researchers studying how small worms defend themselves against pathogens have discovered a gene that acts as a first-line response against infection. They identified “ZIP-1” as a centralized hub for immune response, a finding could have implications for understanding human immunity against viruses.

Newswise: Scientists Expand CRISPR-Cas9 Genetic Inheritance Control in Mammals
Released: 11-Jan-2022 4:05 PM EST
Scientists Expand CRISPR-Cas9 Genetic Inheritance Control in Mammals
University of California San Diego

UC San Diego biologists have developed a method for genetic inheritance control in male mice, an achievement that advances new laboratory models in an array of research pursuits, from investigations of human disease to therapeutic drug design to invasive species removal.

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4-Jan-2022 2:00 PM EST
‘Simple’ Bacteria Found to Organize in Elaborate Patterns
University of California San Diego

Researchers have discovered that bacterial communities are far more advanced than previously believed. Scientists found that biofilm cells are organized in elaborate patterns, a feature previously only associated with higher-level organisms such as plants and animals.

Newswise: A new method to make AI-generated voices more expressive
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Released: 5-Jan-2022 8:00 AM EST
A new method to make AI-generated voices more expressive
University of California San Diego

Researchers have found a way to make AI-generated voices, such as digital personal assistants, more expressive, with a minimum amount of training. The method, which translates text to speech, can also be applied to voices that were never part of the system’s training set.

Newswise: ‘Pop-up’ electronic sensors could detect when individual heart cells misbehave
21-Dec-2021 4:05 PM EST
‘Pop-up’ electronic sensors could detect when individual heart cells misbehave
University of California San Diego

UC San Diego engineers developed a powerful new tool that directly measures the movement and speed of electrical signals inside heart cells, using tiny “pop-up” sensors that poke into cells without damaging them. It could be used to gain more detailed insights into heart disorders and diseases.

   
21-Dec-2021 3:20 PM EST
Homelessness Increases Serious Illness, Emergency Room Visits During Heat Waves
University of California San Diego

UC San Diego researchers in the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Department of Emergency Medicine, discuss the health impacts of heat waves on people experiencing homelessness, emergency department visits and which characteristics make them at-risk.

Released: 15-Dec-2021 7:00 AM EST
The router in your home might be intercepting some of your Internet traffic--but it may be for your own good
University of California San Diego

The router in your home might be intercepting some of your Internet traffic and sending it to a different destination. Specifically, the router can intercept the Domain Name System traffic --the communications used to translate human-readable domain names (for example www.google.com) into the numeric Internet Protocol (IP) addresses that the Internet relies on. That’s the finding from a team of computer scientists at the University of California San Diego, which they presented at the Internet Measurement Conference on Nov. 3, 2021.

Newswise: Who’s got your mail? Google and Microsoft, mostly
Released: 13-Dec-2021 8:00 AM EST
Who’s got your mail? Google and Microsoft, mostly
University of California San Diego

Who really sends, receives and, most importantly perhaps, stores your business’ email? Most likely Google and Microsoft, unless you live in China or Russia. And the market share for these two companies keeps growing.

   
Released: 3-Dec-2021 2:35 PM EST
New Leader of San Diego Supercomputer Center Named
University of California San Diego

The lead of SDSC’s Distributed High-Throughput Computing Group, executive director of the Open Science Grid, a physics professor and a founding faculty member of the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute at UC San Diego becomes SDSC's new director.

Released: 30-Nov-2021 3:45 PM EST
Flu virus shells could improve delivery of mRNA into cells
University of California San Diego

UC San Diego nanoengineers developed a new and potentially more effective way to deliver messenger RNA (mRNA) into cells. Their approach involves packing mRNA inside nanoparticles that mimic the flu virus—a naturally efficient vehicle for delivering genetic material such as RNA inside cells.

   
Newswise: Neurobiologists Reveal How Value Decisions are Coded into Our Brains
Released: 24-Nov-2021 8:35 AM EST
Neurobiologists Reveal How Value Decisions are Coded into Our Brains
University of California San Diego

A new study is showing how value choices are recorded in our brains. Researchers found that persistency allows value signals to be most effectively represented, or “coded,” across different areas of the brain, especially in a critical area within the cerebrum known as the retrosplenial cortex.

Newswise:Video Embedded covid-gets-airborne
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Released: 22-Nov-2021 3:40 PM EST
COVID Gets Airborne
University of California San Diego

In May 2021, the Centers for Disease Control officially recognized that SARS-CoV-2 is airborne. Now UC San Diego Professor Rommie Amaro has modeled the delta virus inside an aerosol for the first time.

Newswise: This tool protects your private data while you browse
17-Nov-2021 9:00 AM EST
This tool protects your private data while you browse
University of California San Diego

A team of computer scientists at the University of California San Diego and Brave Software Inc. have developed a tool that will increase protections for users’ private data while they browse the web.

Released: 12-Nov-2021 4:05 PM EST
UC San Diego Veteran Community Members Celebrated for their Service
University of California San Diego

UC San Diego honored veterans and military-affiliated campus community members for their dedication to our country at the 22nd Annual UC San Diego Veterans Staff Association Veteran Recognition Ceremony on Nov. 9.

Released: 12-Nov-2021 4:05 PM EST
Meet UC San Diego’s New Cohort of Changemaker Faculty Fellows
University of California San Diego

The Changemaker Institute at the University of California San Diego today announced its 2021-2023 cohort of selected fellows.

9-Nov-2021 5:00 PM EST
New Research Helps Explain the Genetic Basis of Why We Look the Way We Do
University of California San Diego

Comparing features of a common laboratory fruit fly with its rarer cousin collected from Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, UC San Diego researchers used CRISPR technology to uncover clues about how high-level control genes called Hox genes shape our appearance.

Newswise:Video Embedded size-matters-for-bee-superorganism-colonies
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8-Nov-2021 3:35 PM EST
Size Matters for Bee ‘Superorganism’ Colonies
University of California San Diego

Researchers studying honey bees have found that colony size matters in determining how members make decisions in the face of dynamic survival conditions. Large, established colonies are less likely to take chances while smaller colonies are much more willing to take risks.

Newswise: Want to throw off your chatbot? Use figurative language
Released: 8-Nov-2021 8:45 AM EST
Want to throw off your chatbot? Use figurative language
University of California San Diego

Computer scientists recently examined the performance of dialog systems, such as personal assistants and chatbots designed to interact with humans. The team found that when these systems are confronted with dialog that includes idioms or similes, their performance drops to between 10 and 20 percent. The research team also developed a partial remedy.

Released: 5-Nov-2021 2:05 PM EDT
Researchers Develop CRISPR-based Rapid Diagnostic Tool for SARS-CoV-2
University of California San Diego

UC San Diego scientists have created a new technology that rapidly detects the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The new SENSR was developed using CRISPR gene-editing technology as a rapid diagnostic that could eventually be used in homes, airports and other locations.

   
Released: 1-Nov-2021 11:45 AM EDT
UC San Diego Faculty Receive Trifecta of National Awards
University of California San Diego

Three University of California San Diego faculty (Terry Hwa, Benjamin Grinstein and Suckjoon Jun) have been recognized by national physics associations for their achievements.

Released: 27-Oct-2021 3:05 PM EDT
UC San Diego Ranked Nation’s No. 6 Best Public University by U.S. News and World Report
University of California San Diego

UC San Diego has been ranked sixth among the nation’s top public colleges, according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2022 Best Global Universities.

Newswise: UC San Diego Physicist Helps Launch National Network Examining Earth’s Planetary Limits
Released: 21-Oct-2021 1:35 PM EDT
UC San Diego Physicist Helps Launch National Network Examining Earth’s Planetary Limits
University of California San Diego

University of California San Diego Physics Professor Tom Murphy is among five authors of an essay, appearing in the November 2021 issue of the journal Energy Research & Social Science, that cautions current levels of worldwide economic growth, energy use and resource consumption will overshoot Earth’s finite limits.

Released: 19-Oct-2021 11:40 AM EDT
UC San Diego Study: E-cigarettes Don’t Help Smokers Stay Off Cigarettes
University of California San Diego

E-cigarette use did not help smokers quit and may make smokers more likely to relapse, according to a study by Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at University of California San Diego and Moores Cancer Center.

18-Oct-2021 8:30 AM EDT
Researchers determine optimum pressure to improve the performance of lithium metal batteries
University of California San Diego

A team of materials scientists and chemists has determined the proper stack pressure that lithium metal batteries, or LMBs, need to be subjected to during battery operation in order to produce optimal performance.

Released: 14-Oct-2021 3:00 PM EDT
Internet Security Doesn’t Measure Up; a Team of Experts Is Working to Change This
University of California San Diego

The National Science Foundation funds more than $11M to CAIDA at UC San Diego, CSAIL at MIT and NSRC at the University of Oregon for two projects aimed at improving internet infrastructure security.

Newswise: Triton Spirit Soars for Homecoming 2021
Released: 14-Oct-2021 1:50 PM EDT
Triton Spirit Soars for Homecoming 2021
University of California San Diego

UC San Diego’s Homecoming celebration will be back in full gear for 2021, filled with exciting in-person and online events designed to spread Triton cheer and reconnect with community members near and far. This is the first year that NCAA Division I games will be featured as part of the weeklong tradition, which takes place Oct. 18-24.

Released: 12-Oct-2021 2:20 PM EDT
Low-performing computer science students face wide array of struggles
University of California San Diego

Researchers at UC San Diego conducted a broad student experience survey to learn which factors most impact student success in early computing courses, a field that has historically seen high failure rates and poor student retention. They found that lower performing students reported higher stress levels on multiple factors than higher performing students, indicating that when students struggle, they are often facing headwinds on multiple fronts.

5-Oct-2021 8:40 AM EDT
Neurobiologists Identify Widely Used Assembling and Stabilizing Forces behind Brain Synapses
University of California San Diego

UC San Diego scientists have provided promising new evidence that the “planar cell polarity,” a powerful signaling pathway, is a widely used mechanism for the formation and maintenance of a large number of synapses.



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