Depending on age, humans need 7 to 13 hours of sleep per 24 hours.
Teaser UC San Diego Sanford Stem Cell Institute Launches Stem Cells Into Space
A breakthrough algorithm expands the exploration space for materials by orders of magnitude
An exceptionally well-preserved collection of fossils discovered in eastern Yunnan Province, China, has enabled scientists to solve a centuries-old riddle in the evolution of life on earth, revealing what the first animals to make skeletons looked like. The results have been published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
UC San Diego study identifies PKCα as a potential therapeutic target in Alzheimer’s disease
UC San Diego Researchers develop a self-powered ingestible sensor system designed to monitor metabolites in the small intestine over time
Like plastic waste, a reservoir of resistant bacteria has built up in our environment over decades, and antimicrobials are continually introduced. When we take a dip in the sea, we are swimming in water that contain resistant bacteria which we can, and probably will, ingest.
From San Diego to the Galapagos Islands and beyond, Scripps Oceanography researchers are revealing the mysteries of carbon sequestration in aquatic ecosystems
Antifungals – the deadly cycle from field to clinic
A first study of its kind outlines an urgent need for larger numbers and better-supported protected area staff to ensure the health of life on Earth.
Waikīkī Beach is at the center of Hawaiʻi’s tourism hub, with a valuation of $2.2 billion, according to a 2016 study.
Two spinner dolphins died from toxoplasmosis after becoming infected with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, according to researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Health and Stranding Lab.
An UdeM study suggests that exposure to violent screen content in the preschool years is associated with a heightened risk of psychological and academic difficulties in adolescence.
A new aerial chainsaw device that could assist in the battle to save Hawaiʻi’s ʻōhiʻa trees from a deadly fungal pathogen is being put to the test by a University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo geographer.
The expression of the viral protein Vpu is essential in allowing infected cells to evade the elimination mechanism known as ADCC, a new study shows.
The traumatic effects of colonization, particularly the forced disconnection from Hawaiʻi’s abundant ʻāina, which has led to complex, interconnected, health disparities seen today in Native Hawaiian communities and especially in the ʻōpio (youth), is the focus of new research from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health.
An international research team is looking for systematic evidence of linkages between changes in art-making and disorders of the central nervous system.
Researchers discover that to sharpen its control over precise maneuvers, the brain uses comparisons between control signals — not the signals themselves.
The cattle industry is the single leading driver of deforestation, and the tanning of leather creates a great deal of chemical pollution.
An extremely high-energy jet of matter shot out of a supermassive black hole billions of light-years away is pointed at Earth, astronomers have found.