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A comprehensive analysis of 10,575 genomes as part of a multi-national study led by researchers at UC San Diego has revealed close evolutionary proximity between the microbial domains at the base of the tree of life, the branching pattern of evolution described by Charles Darwin more than 160 years ago in his book, On the Origin of Species.

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Keywords: Tree Of Life, Uc San Diego, San Diego Supercomputer Center, UC San Diego Department of Pediatrics, Rob Knight, Oiyun Zhu, Wayne Pfeiffer, Comet supercomputer, National Science Foundation (NSF) , ASTRAL

An international team of scientists has synthetically engineered mosquitoes that halt the transmission of the dengue virus. The development marks the first engineered approach in mosquitoes that targets the four known types of dengue, improving upon previous designs that addressed single strains.

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Keywords: Dengue, Virus, mosquitoes-borne disease, Antibody, Engineered Mosquitos

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) has adopted an open-source, cloud-based platform led out of the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) that addresses widely recognized challenges with historical platforms throughout the cardiothoracic surgical community.

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Keywords: American Association for Thoracic Surgery, San Diego Supercomputer Center, HUBzero, Uc San Diego, Michael Zentner, Machine Learning, cloud platforms

Researchers at University of California San Diego have discovered that when certain microbes pair up, stunning floral patterns emerge.

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Keywords: Bioloby, Bacteria, Biofilm formation, Pattern Formation, Microorganisms, Biomechanics

New research from the University of California San Diego finds that solar geoengineering—the intentional reflection of sunlight away from the Earth’s surface—may reduce income inequality between countries.

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Keywords: climate adaptation, Geoengineering, Wealth Inequality

Scientists at the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) used SDSC’s Comet supercomputer to help model the formation of terrestrial planets such as Mercury, Venus, and Mars in a quest to explore if there are Earth-like planets outside our solar system.

Channels: Physics, Space and Astronomy, Supercomputing, Grant Funded News,

Keywords: San Diego Supercomputer Center, Uc San Diego, Southwest Research Institute, Comet, Planet Formation, solar system evolution

A new method could enable researchers to build more efficient, longer lasting perovskite solar cells and LEDs. By growing thin perovskite films on different substrates, UC San Diego engineers invented a way of fabricating perovskite single crystals with precisely deformed, or strained, structures.

Channels: Engineering, Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Nature (journal), All Journal News,

Keywords: Nanoengineering, nanotechnnology, perovskites, strain engineering

With $2.7 million support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the University of California San Diego and San Diego Community College District are building a pipeline of successful undergraduate and graduate students, resulting in a new generation of leaders who will reshape the value and meaning of an education in the humanities in the 21st century.

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Keywords: Uc San Diego, San Diego Community College District, University, Community College, Higher Ed, Higher Education, Humanities, humanities education, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Grant Award, Grant Awards, Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, transfer students, Arts And Humanities

Building upon decades of research on how to make boron carbide even more efficient, an engineering team at the University of Florida (UF) has been conducting simulations using SDSC's Comet supercomputer to better understand the nanoscale level deformation mechanisms of this important material.

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Keywords: UF Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, San Diego Supercomputer Center, Comet supercomputer, Boron carbide, Journal of Applied Physics, Military armor, Raman spectoscopy

Researchers have developed a new CRISPR-based gene-drive system that more efficiently inactivates a gene rendering bacteria antibiotic-resistant. The new system leverages technology developed by UC San Diego biologists in insects and mammals that biases genetic inheritance of preferred traits called “active genetics.”

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Keywords: CRISPR, Gene Editing, Antibiotic-resistant bacteria, Antibiotic Resistance, active genetics