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America’s Best and Worst Air Quality

August 29, 2017 6 min read
BY MADISON RAE | SQ ONLINE WRITER | SQ ONLINE (2017-18) _____________________________________________________________________ California is well-known for its strict environmental standards: we see their influence in higher gas prices, decreasing plastic bag and bottle presence, increasing... Read More

AMPK Gene Might Delay Aging

March 3, 2015 5 min read
Eternal youth is a concept dreamt about by many and disfavored by few. From Peter Pan’s journeys in Neverland to Bob Dylan’s 1973 hit track, pop culture has romanticized the idea of youth lasting for decades. Recently, researchers at UCLA have taken a small step toward bringing this timeless fantasy to life. Read More

Nanorobots to the Rescue: The Fight Against Superbugs

October 10, 2018 4 min read
BY ARJUNE NIBBER | SQ ONLINE WRITER | SQ ONLINE (2018-19) Hospitals and clinics across the world have to contend with a disturbing phenomenon – infections that were once cured with conventional courses of antibiotics... Read More

Create Your Own Baby: The Future of Human Embryonic Gene Editing

March 16, 2017 4 min read
BY BAR YOSEF | SQ ONLINE REPORTER | SQ ONLINE (2016-17) ____________________________________________________________________________ Imagine walking into Oceanview Terrace, UCSD’s newest dining hall, and standing in the pizza line. Pondering your choices, you consider the specials–southwest, chicken... Read More

Vision Systems: A Shared Evolution

December 22, 2016 4 min read
By: Hannah Rosenblatt | SQ Staff Writer | SQ Online 2016-17 Although appearing as a bland blend of beige and black at first glance, catsharks and other bony fish species emit biofluorescence in dazzling greens,... Read More

The Genetic Solution for Chocolate

July 8, 2019 6 min read
Chocolate is a decadent snack and a beloved ingredient, available today in great amount and variety. However, recent reports predict that chocolate may disappear by 2050. This forecast is directly related to the projected extinction... Read More

Made In La Jolla: UC San Diego’s Contributions to Research Around the World

November 21, 2018 6 min read
BY ARJUNE NIBBER | SQ ONLINE WRITER | SQ ONLINE (2018-19) Research biologists are hard at work in laboratories all over the world, performing carefully constructed experiments to produce answers for longstanding questions about life,... Read More

Congratulations! This Year’s Weather is a Girl!

February 16, 2017 8 min read
CALLUM ARRAS | BLOGGER | SQ ONLINE (2016-17)   The last couple weeks at UC San Diego have seen two major and unusual events take place: 1) President Trump’s new administration and 2) what appeared... Read More

When Cows Go Mad: An Overview of Prion Protein Diseases

December 10, 2021 8 min read
In 1732, a shepherd in Spain noticed a sheep compulsively scraping against a fence, a behavior that soon spread throughout the flock and left every sheep deceased. The infectious disease causing this symptom became known... Read More

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