Posts Tagged ‘University of California at San Diego’
This happy tattoo is really a medical sensor
U. TORONTO (CAN) — It looks like a smiley face tattoo, but a new easy-to-apply sensor can detect medical problems and help athletes fine-tune training routines. Continue…
Monday, December 3, 2012 11:13 - 2 Comments
Science & Technology - Dec 15, 2011 11:18 - 3 Comments
Fastest-ever data transfer: 186 Gbps
CALTECH (US) — Researchers have set a new world record for data transfer, helping to usher in the next generation of high-speed network technology. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Dec 2, 2011 12:58 - 1 Comment
Ancient Andes suggest way to predict quakes
MONASH (AUS) — Scientists are a step closer to predicting when and where earthquakes will occur after taking a fresh look at the formation of the Andes, which began 45 million years ago. (more…)
Top Stories - Nov 2, 2011 10:36 - 5 Comments
Vitamin D: No cure-all for older women
BROWN (US) — Postmenopausal women receive no additional mortality benefit from vitamin D after controlling for health risk factors such as abdominal obesity, a new study finds. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 15, 2011 12:31 - 1 Comment
Autism: High risk for younger siblings
UC DAVIS (US) — The risk that an infant with an older sibling with autism also will develop the disorder, previously estimated at between 3 and 10 percent, is substantially higher at approximately 19 percent, a large, international study finds. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 5, 2011 9:17 - 1 Comment
Engineers isolate light on photonic chip
CALTECH (US) — A new technique that isolates light signals on a silicon chip solves a longstanding problem in engineering photonic chips. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 19, 2011 11:48 - 1 Comment
Earth’s core is melting and freezing
U. LEEDS (UK) — There’s been much debate about how Earth’s core could be melting and freezing when overall the deep Earth is cooling. Now researchers believe they have solved the mystery. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 13, 2011 12:18 - 2 Comments
Network tracks ocean’s ebb and flow
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — A network of high-frequency radar systems is keeping track of 1,500 miles of Pacific shoreline—from Astoria, Washington, to Tijuana, Mexico. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 3, 2011 15:48 - 1 Comment
Eczema is double trouble for skin
U. ROCHESTER (US) — Two faulty barriers—not one as previously thought—are influential in how eczema develops, allowing microscopic intruders to wreak havoc on the skin’s immune system. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 24, 2010 13:10 - 0 Comments
Scratching the dusty surface of galaxies
U. CHICAGO (US) — It’s becoming clear that cosmic dust has played a galactic role in the birth of both stars and galaxies. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 9, 2010 14:20 - 2 Comments
For a few, no HIV drugs needed
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — A small number of people with HIV have the ability to control the infection without therapy by priming their immune system to target the virus. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 29, 2010 9:32 - 0 Comments
Protein makes HIV less sticky
U. ROCHESTER (US) — A protein best known for the troubles it poses in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients is being exploited in semen as a way to stop HIV. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Aug 10, 2010 16:35 - 0 Comments
Hotter nights threaten Asia’s rice crops
DUKE / UC BERKELEY / UC SAN DIEGO (US)—Global climate change and rising temperatures will harm the production of rice, the world’s most important crop for ensuring global food security and addressing poverty, according to an international team of scientists. (more…)
