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Engineered Microbes Make Plant Hormones a Sustainable Harvest
The Scientist | February 24, 2025

As plants grow, they are guided by hormones that regulate development and environmental responses. One class of hormones, strigolactones (SLs), act as...

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What sweat can tell us about our health
CNN | January 21, 2025

Researchers have discovered biomarkers in sweat that could play a role advancing everything from precision medicine and nutrition to diagnosing things...

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Microbial Cell Factories Help Scientists Produce Understudied Plant Hormones in Bulk
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | January 17, 2025

Researchers have demonstrated the feasibility of using microbial cell factories to amplify the production of scarce plant hormones. The researchers de...

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Skin Patch Could Monitor Your Blood Pressure
U.S. News & World Report | November 21, 2024

A wearable patch the size of a postage stamp that can monitor blood pressure continuously could soon help people manage their hypertension. Researcher...

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Stick It to Hypertension
Hackster | November 20, 2024

A new measurement device has recently been unveiled by a team of researchers at the University of California San Diego that could make continuous moni...

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Robotic system can fast-forward evolution to create useful microbes
KPBS | November 19, 2024

Robots are at work full time in a UC San Diego lab, creating challenging conditions for different cellular compounds. The robot arms remove the cells ...

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How an AI program could personalize breast and ovarian cancer care
CNN | November 11, 2024

Researchers at the University of California San Diego are hoping to drastically shorten the time between a cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment w...

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The Next Wave in Wearables: Smarter Diagnostic Healthcare with Ultrasound Patches
Securities.io | November 7, 2024

Wearable technology, or "wearables," has been gaining a lot of traction, both in terms of development and usage. These electronic devices ar...

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ExPost Lithium Battery Restoration Finding Public, Private Support
San Diego Business Journal | November 6, 2024

Researchers at UC San Diego want a better way to recycle lithium batteries. For several years, a team of scientists have studied how to reduce the eco...

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Advancing Safer Battery Solutions with South 8 Technologies
Azo Materials | November 5, 2024

In this interview, the CEO of South 8 Technologies discusses how the company's innovative LiGas® technology is advancing safer lithium-ion battery so...

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A Longer-Lasting Charge
Time | October 30, 2024

Lithium-ion batteries have quickly become the standard for powering vehicles, but they have three problems: fire, cold, and cost. South 8 addresses al...

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Edit the messenger
Science | October 24, 2024

New treatments aim to counteract mutant genes by fixing the faulty RNA they produce. This promising approach of RNA editing for treating diseases coul...

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