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Scientists work to understand post-wildfire mudslides
KOB4 New Mexico | February 21, 2023

Five years ago, Ingrid Tomac watched the TV news from her San Diego home. Deadly mudslides had raced down the hills east of Montecito and Santa Barbar...

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This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces
Science News | February 17, 2023

The robot was able to hunch down and walk quickly through passages that were narrower and shorter than itself, researchers report January 20 in Advanc...

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Robots and lasers are helping doctors treat severe epilepsy
NPR | February 13, 2023

A man with uncontrolled epileptic seizures sought surgery in 2009, but was turned down. Ten years later, advances in neurodiagnostic testing, lasers a...

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UV nail dryers used in gel manicures may increase skin cancer risk, study finds
CBS News | February 13, 2023

In the laboratory cells UC San Diego researchers analyzed, a 20-minute session of exposure to the UV dryers resulted in 20 to 30% of cells dying, whil...

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University of California researchers work to learn from Turkey quake
KPBS News | February 13, 2023

Teams of researchers from California are heading to Turkey and Syria to survey the damage from last week's 7.8 magnitude earthquake. Much of the data ...

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UC San Diego heads effort to make computer chips work a lot faster
KBPS | February 13, 2023

When working with big computer data, the information can run into a bottleneck, and moving data from storage to processing takes too long. UC San Dieg...

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