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Clinical Trial Teaches Binge Eaters to Toss Away Cravings

Of 190 million obese Americans, approximately 10-15 percent engage in harmful binge eating. During single sittings, these over-eaters consume large servings of high-caloric foods. Sufferers contend with weight gain and depression including heart disease and diabetes.

February 09, 2012General, Health, Science and Engineering

New Method Makes Culture of Complex Tissue Possible in any Lab

Scientists at the University of California, San Diego have developed a new method for making scaffolds for culturing tissue in three-dimensional arrangements that mimic those in the body. This advance, published online in the journal Advanced Materials, allows the production of tissue culture scaffolds containing multiple structurally and chemically distinct layers using common laboratory reagents and materials.

February 09, 2012General, Health, Science and Engineering

UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Faculty Elected to National Academy of Engineering

Three faculty members in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Peter C. Farrell, founder, chairman and CEO of ResMed, and a member of the Council of Advisors of the Dean of the Jacobs School, also was elected to the academy.

February 09, 2012Awards, General, On Campus, Science and Engineering

Electrical Engineers Build “No-Waste” Laser

A team of University of California, San Diego researchers has built the smallest room-temperature nanolaser to date, as well as an even more startling device: a highly efficient, “thresholdless” laser that funnels all its photons into lasing, without any waste.

February 09, 2012General, Science and Engineering

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