News tagged with uc san diego


Sorry no news are found ... Your search criteria may have been too narrow. You can quickly re-sort the news in different ways by clicking on the tabs at the top of this page.




Search results for uc san diego


Californians -- and their cell phones -- will help computer scientists monitor air pollution

Californians -- and their cell phones -- will help computer scientists monitor air pollution

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

You want to go for a run, but you don't want to run in polluted air that might aggravate your asthma. University of California, San Diego computer scientists are creating a network of environmental sensors ...


Random DNA mix-ups not so random in cancer development

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at the UC San Diego School of Medicine have pinpointed a mechanism that may help explain how chromosomal translocations - the supposedly random shuffling of large chunks of DNA that frequently lead to cancer - ...


Systems biology approach provides insulin resistance insights

Systems biology approach provides insulin resistance insights

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers from the University of California, San Diego recently offered the sharpest-yet picture of how core biochemical pathways in skeletal muscle cells and fat cells are altered in people who suffer from ...


Nanotube defects equal better energy and storage systems

Nanotube defects equal better energy and storage systems

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most people would like to be able to charge their cell phones and other personal electronics quickly and not too often. A recent discovery made by UC San Diego engineers could lead to carbon ...


Study finds bees can learn differences in food's temperature

Study finds bees can learn differences in food's temperature

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Biologists at UC San Diego have discovered that honeybees can discriminate between food at different temperatures, an ability that may assist bees in locating the warm, sugar-rich nectar or high-protein pollen ...


Analyzing structural brain changes in Alzheimer's disease

Analyzing structural brain changes in Alzheimer's disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

In a study that promises to improve diagnosis and monitoring of Alzheimer's disease, scientists at the University of California, San Diego have developed a fast and accurate method for quantifying subtle, ...


Faulty body clock may make kids bipolar

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Malfunctioning circadian clock genes may be responsible for bipolar disorder in children. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Psychiatry found four versions of the regulatory gene RORB that were associated with p ...


Scripps scientists to develop 'swarms' of miniature robotic ocean explorers

Scientists to develop 'swarms' of miniature robotic ocean explorers (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In an effort to plug gaps of knowledge about key ocean processes, scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have been awarded nearly $1 million from the National Science Foundation ...


New discovery allows scientists for the first time to experimentally annotate genomes

New discovery allows scientists for the first time to experimentally annotate genomes

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Over the last 20 years, the sequencing of the human genome, along with related organisms, has represented one of the largest scientific endeavors in the history of mankind. The information collected from genome ...


Scientists visualize how bacteria talk to one another

Scientists visualize how bacteria talk to one another

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 1

Using imaging mass spectrometry, researchers at the University of California, San Diego have developed tools that will enable scientists to visualize how different cell populations of cells communicate. Their ...



List of search results for uc san diego