Antarctic Ice Shelves Rapidly Thinning, Study Reveals 18 Percent Decrease in Thickness
New research shows that the Antarctic ice shelves are rapidly thinning, revealing an eighteen percent decrease in thickness over the course of roughly 20 years….
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Martian Rock Reveals a Record of the Planet’s Climate
New research on a Martian rock reveals a record of the planet’s climate billions of years ago, back when water likely washed across its surface…
New Research Details Why Typhoid Toxin Targets Only Humans
Scientists at Yale and UC San Diego have discovered why typhoid toxin targets only humans, revealing a single oxygen atom is the cause. The bacterium…
Nanoengineers Develop ‘Nanosponge Vaccine’ to Fight MRSA Toxins
Nanoengineers from UC San Diego have developed nanosponges that soak up a dangerous pore-forming toxin produced by MRSA, and have shown that their nanosponge vaccine…
Scripps Researchers Develop New Method for Enhancing Biofuel Production
By metabolically engineering a “knock-down” of fat-reducing enzymes called lipases, UC San Diego researchers have developed a method for greatly enhancing biofuel production in tiny…
Scientists Recreate Patterns of Oxygen Found in the Oldest Rocks in the Solar System
UC San Diego cosmochemists demonstrated that a chemical reaction, governed by known physical principles, can generate silicate dust with oxygen anomalies that match those found…
UCSD Biologists Develop New Method for Identifying Antibiotics
A newly published study details how biologists at UC San Diego developed a new method for identifying and characterizing antibiotics. Biologists at the University of…
Oceanographers Discover Compound That Shows Potency Against Anthrax
Oceanographers from Scripps UC San Diego have discovered a microorganism that produces a chemical compound that may offer new treatments for anthrax and other ailments…
Engineers Develop a Telescopic Contact Lens
In an effort to help improve the vision of patients suffering from eye disease, engineers from the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego…
Study Shows Stem Cell Injections Improve Spinal Injuries in Rats
A team of scientists are reporting in a new study that a single injection of human neural stem cells, which came from a line of…
Antipurinergic Therapy Reverses the Symptoms of Autism in Mouse Model
Using antipurinergic therapy, researchers were able to restore cell communications in a mouse model of autism, reversing the symptoms of the disorder. Autism results from…
High-Velocity Galactic Winds Moving at 2,500 Kilometers Per Second
Using optical morphologies from the Hubble Space Telescope and infrared photometry from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, a team of astronomers found 29 objects with…
Exosome Function Regulates Gene Expression
New research data from scientists at USC San Diego suggests that the human exosome maintains progenitor cell function, functioning as a surveillance system in cells…
KL001 Interacts With Cryptochrome, May Offer a New Way to Treat Diabetes
By affecting the activity of cryptochrome, a key protein that regulates the internal mechanisms of our daily night and day activities, KL001 provides a tool…
De Novo Somatic Mutations Likely Cause Hemimegalencephaly
A team of scientists analyzed and compared DNA sequences from 20 patients with hemimegalencephaly, finding that de novo somatic mutations in a trio of genes…
Increased Number of Plant Species Responding to Global Warming
A new study from a team of biologists suggests that many wild plant species are feeling the effects of global warming, even the species that…
Engineered Algae to Produce Potential Candidates for Malaria Vaccine
In an effort to prevent the transmission of malaria, UC San Diego biologists have engineered algae to produce potential candidates for a vaccine that would…
Controlled Trial Shows Cannabis Reduces Some Symptoms of MS
A newly published research study shows the benefits of smoking cannabis for spasticity in multiple sclerosis. Using 30 adult patients with multiple sclerosis, the researchers…
