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Using infrared heat transfer to modify chemical reactions

Science & Environment

In a joint experimental-theoretical work, a team of researchers, including theorists from UC San Diego, have shown for the first time that heat transfer in the form of infrared radiation can influence chemical reactions more strongly than traditional convection and conduction methods.

blue laser light being passed through a series of mirrors

Five UC San Diego Researchers Receive Presidential Early Career Awards

Science & Environment

President Joseph R. Biden announced this week the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), including five faculty members from the University of California San Diego. The PECASE is the highest honor bestowed by the United States government to scientists and engineers in the early stages of their independent research careers.

Portraits of the five researchers receiving PECASE awards

AI-driven Approach Reads Heart Cells’ Inner Electrical Signals from the Outside

Technology & Engineering

Researchers have developed a noninvasive method to monitor the electrical activity inside heart muscle cells from the outside, avoiding the need to physically penetrate the cells. The method relies on recording electrical signals from outside the cells and using AI to reconstruct the signals within the cells with impressive accuracy.

AI-driven Approach Reads Heart Cells’ Inner Electrical Signals from the Outside

Microbial Cell Factories May Help Get to the Root of Understudied Plant Molecules

Technology & Engineering

A new tool could make it easier to study scarce and mysterious plant molecules. Researchers co-led by the University of California San Diego have developed so-called microbial cell factories—using E. coli and yeast—to produce a special class of plant hormones, known as strigolactones, at unprecedented levels. By amplifying production of strigolactones, which occur in such low amounts in plants, researchers now have the ability to study these elusive plant molecules in much greater depth than before. The work could help improve sustainable agricultural practices by offering deeper insights into how plants make and use their natural hormones to adapt and survive.

Green plants in small black pots sitting on a shelf undermeath grow lights.
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Wildfire Support, Preparedness and Ways to Help

Campus News

In a message to the campus community amid devastating wildfires in Los Angeles and Southern California, Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla provides an update on campus operations and planning, shares some ways UC San Diego is leading the way on fire detection and public safety, offers information on helpful resources and shares ways to help.

Innovative Partnership Helps Low-Income Tobacco Users Quit

Health & Behavior

By connecting with local 211 agencies, a UC San Diego-operated quitline was able to reach thousands of low-income tobacco users.

New Dean for School of Medicine Brings Visionary Leadership and a Commitment to Innovation

Profiles

It’s been said that great leaders don’t set out to be leaders, instead they set out to make a difference. For Barbara Jung, M.D., the newly appointed Associate Vice Chancellor and Dean of the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, making a difference has always been on her radar.

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20th Annual Love Your Wetlands Day Promotes Conservation

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