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San Diego Coastal Marshes May Become Important Tools To Battle Climate Change
- Dec. 1
- By Erik Anderson
San Diego researchers and environmentalists are taking a close look at a pocket habitat that may become an important tool as the climate changes.
Roundtable: San Diego's Staggering COVID-19 Surge
- Nov. 20
- By Bennett Lacy, Mark Sauer
New efforts to minimize the spread of COVID-19 in San Diego, Amazon's Jeff Bezos donates millions to help local climate change research, and a major development in Mission Valley gets final approval from the city.
UCSD School Of Medicine Earns $8.3 Million Grant To Study Spina Bifida
- Nov. 20
- By City News Service
Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine, in collaboration with Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine, were awarded a five-year, $8.3 million grant Thursday from the National Institutes of Health to study spina bifida.
University Of California Health, UCSD Health Team Up To Begin Milk Bank
- Nov. 19
- By City News Service
A milk bank accepts and processes donations to provide safe, pasteurized human milk product for hospitalized and/or fragile children.
Moderna Vaccine Around 95% Effective Shows Promise For End Of COVID-19 Pandemic
- Nov. 16
- By Shalina Chatlani
A San Diego partner of Moderna talk of the company's promising vaccine. The news of its success comes just a week after another company, Pfizer and its partner BioNTech, announced its experimental vaccine was over 90% effective.
Robotic Floats Will Collect New Data On How Climate Change Is Affecting Our Oceans
- Nov. 16
- By Alison St John
Scripps Institution of Oceanography is part of a consortium that will deploy 500 new robotic floats, to collect data about what is going on under the surface of the ocean as the planet warms.
National City Mayor Rolls Up Her Sleeve For COVID-19 Vaccine
- Nov. 13
- By Tania Thorne
National City Mayor Alejandra Sotelo-Solis joined a cohort of 2,000 local volunteers in a vaccine trial COVID-19.
UCLA: Despite Spending Most On Health Care, US Lags In Life Expectancy
- Nov. 13
- By City News Service
The United States is lagging behind other wealthy countries in life expectancy despite spending the most money on health care, according to a team jointly led by researchers from UCLA.
Students Bridging Diplomatic Divide Through Videogames
- Nov. 13
- By Max Rivlin-Nadler
Friday, students from both sides of the border will take part in a diplomatic exercise using video games.
UC San Diego Engineers Send Soil Into Outer Space To Tackle Mudslides On Earth
- Nov. 13
- By Shalina Chatlani
UC San Diego scientists will send soil samples to the International Space Station in 18 months to study the effects of gravity on mud composition.
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