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NASA astronaut and UC San Diego graduate Kate Rubins arrived aboard the International Space Station Wednesday, where she and two Russian cosmonauts will conduct research over the next six months. -
San Diego State University pauses in-person classes amid a surge in COVID-19 cases among students, San Diego takes steps to help hotel workers reclaim lost jobs, and the tight race for congress in east county. -
In a new discovery, scientists show how one of the smallest particles in the universe gets its mass. This is crucial to understanding the origins of our existence. -
UC San Diego faculty and student researchers have devised a way to turn algae into flip-flops. Once discarded, the flip-flops can decompose in as little as 16 weeks. -
UCSD and Scripps Institution of Oceanography alumna Megan McArthur will head to space as the pilot for the SpaceX Crew-2 mission in early 2021, NASA announced this week. -
Molecular biologists and bioengineers at UC San Diego isolated two distinct paths that cells travel during the aging process and engineered a new way to genetically program these processes to extend lifespan in yeast cells. -
In addition to UCSD, the global network is comprised of researchers from Noria Research, Mexico United Against Crime in Mexico, the Latin American Center for Rural Development in Colombia, the Transform Drug Policy Foundation in the United Kingdom and the Transnational Institute in the Netherlands. -
These "nanosponges" are like decoy human cells that soak up a virus, stopping it from reaching parts of the body where it can actually stick, thrive and multiply. -
Scientists have found a site where an antibody could bind to the virus, giving researchers a road map on how to stop it. They say it's a first step, but an important one, to killing the virus. -
Biotechnology companies were not included as essential businesses under Gov. Gavin Newsom's stay-at-home order.
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