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This Outdated Diabetes Drug Still Has Something to Offer

Researchers from UC San Diego have discovered the biochemical workings of an old-fashioned diabetes drug, and it's helping them develop new, safer alternatives.
11-Apr-2024 9:10 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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How Climate Change Will Impact Food Production and Financial Institutions

Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy have developed a new method to predict the financial impacts climate change will have on agriculture, which can help support food security and financial...
8-Apr-2024 3:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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A Deep Dive Into the Genetics of Alcohol Consumption

Some people have genes that protect them from alcohol abuse. An examination of databases at 23andMe reveal that those same alcohol-protective variants have associations with conditions and behaviors that may have nothing to do with alcohol.
4-Apr-2024 1:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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All-Cash Home Buyers Pay 10% Less than Mortgage Buyers

Owning a home has long been considered a crucial way to build wealth, but making such a purchase has become increasingly difficult for many residents. In addition to steep housing prices and high interest rates, there have been a growing number of...
28-Mar-2024 7:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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UC San Diego Receives $6.7M to Develop Whole-Body Inflammation Imaging

Researchers at UC San Diego have received new grants that will help develop full-body imaging techniques to detect inflammation, which is currently very difficult to visualize in the clinic.
1-Apr-2024 6:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Computational tools fuel reconstruction of new and improved bird family tree

Using cutting-edge computational methods and supercomputing infrastructure at UC San Diego, researchers have built the largest and most detailed bird family tree to date—an intricate chart delineating 93 million years of evolutionary relationships...
28-Mar-2024 6:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Cell Division Quality Control ‘Stopwatch’ Uncovered

UC San Diego biologists have uncovered a quality control timing mechanism tied to cell division. The “stopwatch” function keeps track of mitosis and acts as a protective measure when the process takes too long, preventing the formation of...
27-Mar-2024 7:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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New Genetic Analysis Tool Tracks Risks Tied to CRISPR Edits

While CRISPR has shown immense promise as a next-generation therapeutic tool, the gene editing technology’s edits are still imperfect. Researchers have developed a new system to test and analyze CRISPR-based DNA repair and related risks from...
26-Mar-2024 6:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites


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UC San Diego Expert on Violence Assesses Police Brutality and Mass Shootings in America

Tage Rai is a psychologist and assistant professor of management at UC San Diego’s Rady School of Management who studies ethics and violence. He co-authored the book "Virtuous Violence" outlining research which finds that most acts of violence are...
23-Feb-2023 2:15 PM EST

Your Questions, Answered: Examining Mistrust and Vaccines

On Feb. 22, the University of California San Diego brought together a panel of industry experts and esteemed faculty to kick off the university’s “Evenings of Nonconventional Wisdom” online event series hosted in celebration of the...
19-Mar-2021 5:20 PM EDT

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Does Remote Instruction Make Cheating Easier?

Today, colleges across the nation are making critical decisions for the coming academic year. For some, all courses will be online; for others, the decision may be to have some classes offered in person, and the rest conducted in remote or hybrid...
14-Jul-2020 7:35 PM EDT

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